Benevolence Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

A man should fear when he only enjoys what good he does publicly. Is it not the publicity rather than the charity he loves?…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human nature

— George Orwell

He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.

— Sophie Swetchine

Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle-a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed murder for…

— Herman Melville

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

— Moliere

A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest.

— Benjamin Butler

Charity, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Next to putting it in a bank, men like to squander their superfluous wealth on those to whom…

— William Hazlitt

A man should not be judged by his fame, power, or money, but rather by how much love he gives to others

— Sandranil Biswas

Too often, charity is extended to another when his actions or conduct are acceptable to us. The exhibition of charity to another must not…

— H. Burke Peterson

What most of all enables a man to serve the public is not wealth, but content and independence; which, requiring no superfluity at home,…

— Plutarch

There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

— Francois Rabelais

Some men mistake generosity for charity: these flatter themselves that they are giving gratuitously, whilst they are merely rewarding secret services offered their vanity.

— Norm MacDonald