Charity Quote by William Cowper Download Open image “All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.” — William Cowper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Charity Giving Mere Mere Pretence Offence Peace Pretence Reform Reform Gives Zeal Zeal Reform
All reform aims, in some one particular, to let the soul have its way through us; in other words, to engage us to obey. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue. — James Gibbons Copy Share Image
Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete... Peace and prosperity, public virtue, victory, everything is in the vigor… — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Copy Share Image
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Reform has to be based on opening your mind and opening the mind does not come from decrees or laws. It comes from a… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
All that is deformed ought to be reformed. The Word of God alone teaches us what ought to be so, and all reform effected… — Francis Lambert Copy Share Image
“Let me give you a word of the philosophy of reform. The whole history of the progress of human liberty shows that all concessions… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Reform is the mission from which we shall not digress; it is an expression of belief and determination between us and our people. With… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
“Whereas it appeareth that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their natural… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The greatest charity you can contribute to is yourself. Instead of spending a dollar to help feed hungry children, why not spend that dollar… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I would have none of that rigid circumspect charity which is never done without scrutiny, and which always mistrusts the truth of the necessities… — Jean Baptiste Massillon Copy Share Image
I'm publicist, patron of nine charities, creative director, food consultant, recipe developer - and mum. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead. Ask about the scale of their dreams. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Both fact and logic seem to me to support the view that savings invested in privately owned economic tools of production amount to an… — F. A. Harper Copy Share Image
I shall pray God to send charity into this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy and unfortunate. I… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
It is thus only this personal feeling of misery that we get rid of by acts of pity. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Considering community support and cost-benefit analysis, I have supported earmarks for projects of high public purpose involving such areas as higher education, alternative energy,… — Jeff Fortenberry Copy Share Image
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens. — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
