Quotes with alms-giving

Quotes 101 till 120 of 225.

  • George Macdonald In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.
    George Macdonald
    Scottish writer (1824 - 1905)
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  • Audre Lorde In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I think can destroy us.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Bhagat Singh In the future society, i.e. the communist society that we want to build, we are not going to establish charity institution, as there shall be no needy or poor, and no alms-giving and alms-taking.
    Bhagat Singh
    Indian socialist revolutionary (1907 - 1931)
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  • Sheldon Kopp In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.
    Sheldon Kopp
    American psychotherapist and author (1929 - 1999)
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  • Oscar Wilde It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • John Gray It is not giving children more that spoils them; it is giving them more to avoid confrontation.
    John Gray
    American relationship counselor, lecturer and author (1948 - )
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  • Simone de Beauvoir It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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  • Scott O'Grady It wasn't the reward that mattered or the recognition you might harvest. It was your depth of commitment, your quality of service, the product of your devotion - these were the things that counted in a life. When you gave purely, the honor came in the giving, and that was honor enough.
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  • Bob Geldof It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing.... We made giving exciting.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Cate Campbell It's about never giving up until your hand is on the wall. I think people who get complacent, who think that they are in front, a sloppy touch, can cost you that elusive medal, just as much as the people who are gunning for you. If you believe you can get there right to the very end, miracles do happen.
    Cate Campbell
    Malawian-born Australian athlete (1992 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • John Gray Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving.
    John Gray
    American relationship counselor, lecturer and author (1948 - )
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Justice consists of doing no one injury, decency in giving no one offense.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Lao-Tzu Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • Bayard Taylor Knowledge alone is the being of Nature, Giving a soul to her manifold features, Lighting through paths of the primitive darkness, The footsteps of Truth and the vision of Song.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Ben Simmons LeBron's been like a big brother to me, watching me play and giving me pointers on just little things. I really look up to him.
    Ben Simmons
    Australian basketball player (1996 - )
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  • John F. Kennedy Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Dag Hammarskjöld Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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  • Søren Kierkegaard Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.
    Søren Kierkegaard
    Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)
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