Quotes with alms-giving

Quotes 201 till 220 of 225.

  • Wayne Dyer When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Bruce Coville When I go into schools to speak, I am not giving a speech - it's really a one-man show. I call it 'didactic standup.'
    Bruce Coville
    American author (1950 - )
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  • Adelbert von Chamisso When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.
    Adelbert von Chamisso
    German writer, liar and explorer (1781 - 1838)
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  • Hector Hugh Munro When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.
    Hector Hugh Munro
    British Novelist, Writer (1870 - 1916)
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  • Helen Schucman When the wish for peace is genuine, the means for finding it is giving in a form each mind that seeks for it in honesty can understand.
    Helen Schucman
    American psychologist
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  • Norman Vincent Peale When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Bill Viola When you're making video, you're giving structure to time, which is what a composer does.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • William Goldman Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.
    William Goldman
    American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1931 - 2018)
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  • Kin Hubbard Why doesn't the fellow who says, ''I'm no speechmaker'' let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Bob Knight Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
    Bob Knight
    American basketball coach (1940 - )
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  • Blake Mycoskie With TOMS, I found a way to create sustainable giving and consistently help those who are in need.
    Blake Mycoskie
    American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist (1976 - )
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  • Kahlil Gibran Work is love made visible. And if you can't work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of the people who work with joy.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • James R. Cook You are never giving, nor can you ever give, enough service.
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Amy Carmichael You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.
    Amy Carmichael
    Missionary in India (1867 - 1951)
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  • P. J. O'Rourke You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Robert Collier You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.
    Robert Collier
    American author
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  • Dale Carnegie You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
    Dale Carnegie
    American writer and lecturer (1888 - 1955)
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  • Walter Benjamin All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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