Back Quote by Saint Ambrose

I, who ne'erWent for myself a begging, go a borrowing,And that for others. Borrowing's much the sameAs begging; just as lending upon usuryIs much…

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a…

— Seneca the Younger

Ironically, many people can't afford to give precisely because they're not giving. If we pay our debt to God first, then we will incur…

— Randy Alcorn

Whether I give to a beggar or not, his existence puts me in the wrong.

— Mason Cooley

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

— Ernest Hemingway

It is not good to give money to everyone who begs; give food or clothing instead. They may misuse the money we give for…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Thus you are just not because you give what is owed, but because you do what is appropriate to you as the highest good.

— Anselm of Canterbury

You can't beg from people what they're not willing to give you.

— Elisabeth Hasselbeck

There are people who are followed all through their lives by a beggar to whom they have given nothing.

— Vikrant Parsai

I truly believe that generosity begets generosity. You give before you receive.

— Josh Garrels

And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon…

— Khalil Gibran

Life does not owe you anything, because life has already given you everything.

— Ralph Marston