Alms Quotes

82 Alms quotes by 54 unique authors

Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who… — Saint John Chrysostom
There are many poor men and poor women: set apart some one constantly to remain there: let the poor man be though but as a… — Saint John Chrysostom
Let us not overlook so great a gain. — Saint John Chrysostom
For when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places without water, seeking rest; and not finding. . . — Bruno of Cologne
For the unclean spirit enters easily into a man, and easily goes out from him. — Bruno of Cologne
For the devil may tempt the good, but he cannot find rest in them; for he is shaken violently, and upset, and driven out, now… — Bruno of Cologne
The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar,… — Philip Neri
If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for,… — Alphonsus Liguori
The poor should live by alms. — Benedict Joseph Labre
Tell me, when you give alms do you look into the eyes of the man or woman to whom you give alms? . . .… — Pope Francis
Of all times, it is Christmas when we must surely realize that there can be no true worship of Him who is the Christ without… — Gordon B. Hinckley
If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago. — Friedrich Nietzsche
To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also. — John Ruskin
The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms. — John Donne
Loving words and deeds are the best alms. — Mata Amritanandamayi
A trader does not squander his body as fodder or his soul as alms. — John Galt
As far as you can, do some manual work so as to be able to give alms, for it is written that alms and faith… — Poemen
We are a material-mad race of people. Build, increase, expand, pile up, hoard! More and more and more. "If we can just make enough money… — Eugenia Price
I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode. — Henry David Thoreau
Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy — Owen Feltham
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth. — Matthew McConaughey
If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants, provide those of… — Thomas of Villanova
If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself… — John Vianney
Do not complain then of your poverty, my daughter, - we only complain of that which is unwelcome, and if poverty is unwelcome to you,… — Saint Francis de Sales

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