Beggar Quotes
235 quotes by 170 authors
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Do we approach God from a beggar's perspective or as His cherished child? If we have any difficulty seeing Him as our loving Father, we…
— David Jeremiah
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Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? "He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Again and again did he preach…
— Swami Vivekananda
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There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.
— Karl Kraus
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Do you know what prayer is? It is not begging God for this and that. The first thing we have to do is to get…
— John G. Lake
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Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then…
— William Shakespeare
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Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.
— Mason Cooley
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The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a…
— Mary McCarthy
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A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the…
— Thomas Adams
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Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it…
— Andre Gide
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Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty…
— Anzia Yezierska
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Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O Lord, let the…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Those who are acquainted with the literature of India will remember a beautiful old story about this extreme charity, how a whole family, as related…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Being holiday, the beggar's shop is shut.
— William Shakespeare
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I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The quiet mind is richer than a crown....Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep, such bliss beggars enjoy when princes oft do miss.
— Robert Greene
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Meditation opens the doors of your inner treasures, what Jesus calls the kingdom of god. Meditation is only a key, and keys are always small…
— Rajneesh
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Wherever desire exists ego exists, and wherever ego exists illusion exists because ego is the greatest illusion there is. Even in a beggar who has…
— Rajneesh
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When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You…
— Giovannino Guareschi
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What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they be denied such…
— Hester Lynch Piozzi
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