"Charity and personal force are the only investments……" — Walt Whitman
"Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything."
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422 Quotes by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman has 422 quotes on this site.
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And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And…
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O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet…
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Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.
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This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage, snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
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To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
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The city sleeps and the country sleeps, the living sleep for their time, the dead sleep for their time, the…
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What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many…
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I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at…
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Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.
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To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the…
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All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
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What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.
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More Charity Quotes
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
— Aristotle
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
— Francis of Assisi
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by…
— Saint Augustine
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
— Saint Augustine
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;…
— Teresa of Avila
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
— Hosea Ballou
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No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world.
— Bernard Baruch
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
— Yogi Berra
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it…
— Conrad Black
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
— Aesop
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