Beggars Quotes

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Perhaps some have created their own difficulties but don't the rest of us do exactly the same things? Are we not all beggars? — Jeffrey R. Holland
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth. — William Shakespeare
Taste and smell are often the beggars among our five senses - they leave no written language and therefore no standards other than wholly personal… — Frank Schoonmaker
The impulse to acquisition, pursuit of gain, of money, of the greatest possible amount of money, has in itself nothing to do with capitalism. This… — Max Weber
True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to them. — Friedrich Nietzsche
God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it. — Georges Bernanos
I love playing all kinds of roles. I hope it doesnâ€™t sound too pretentious, but I always feel human nature is like a piano, and… — Tom Hiddleston
Photography is without mercy--though it's nonsense to say it does not lie. Rather, it lies in a particular, capricious way which makes beggars of ministers… — Nick Harkaway
One ought not to encourage beggars, and yes, you are right, it is far better to donate to charities that address the causes of poverty… — Mohsin Hamid
Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so contemptible as the public that buys their books. — Wystan Hugh Auden

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