Alms Quotes

82 Alms quotes by 54 unique authors

Do not fret under such assistance as is needful; therein lies one great grace of poverty. It were overambitious to aim at being poor without… — Saint Francis de Sales
Do not be ashamed of being poor, or of asking alms. Receive what is given you with humility, and accept a refusal meekly. Frequently call… — Saint Francis de Sales
Have you been working on Sunday? Have you been buying or selling without necessity in the course of this holy day? Give to the poor… — John Vianney
Others will give away large alms in order to be considered charitable people. Should they not give these out of their own wages, which so… — John Vianney
Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . . — John Vianney
Yes, my dear children, everything is good and precious in God's sight when we act from the motives of religion and of charity because Jesus… — John Vianney
Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when you give money that you yourself worked to get. — Leo Tolstoy
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work… — Khalil Gibran
There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he… — Maxim Gorky
Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms. — Robert Grosseteste
The fortune my spirit is not to be blown into coins of brass and flung to the winds as alms for the poor of the… — Ayn Rand
Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the… — Hermann Hesse
What if I should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most impudent of offenders are all within me; and that I stand… — Carl Jung
At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action. — Unknown Author
The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even… — Henry David Thoreau
So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income… — Walt Whitman
For myself I think that one wrong does not right the other, and forgiveness cannot be won with useless tears or alms to the Church. — Jose Rizal
My life should be unique; it should be an alms, a battle, a conquest, a medicine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me. — James Russell Lowell
Let us not make the poor our friends by our alms, not our enemies by our scorns. We had better have the ears of God… — Thomas Adams
Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But… — Buddha
This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for… — Walt Whitman
Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us admission. — Quran
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said unto him, 'Thy prayers and thine alms… — Bible

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