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Quotes about Benevolence

Hereby perhaps Stubb indirectly hinted, that though man loved his fellow, yet man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.
- Herman Melville
The absence of love leaves a devastating void. When it is not present, your spirituality becomes superficial, your benevolent deeds self-centered, and your sacrifices insincere. In any relationship where love is not your motivation, you can expect it to feel bland and unfulfilling—if not meaningless.
- Stephen Kendrick
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
- Washington Irving
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
- Elbert Hubbard
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
- Elbert Hubbard
There are three things that are important in human life. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.
- Frederick Buechner
Satan may appear in many disguises like Christ, and at the end of the world will appear as a benefactor and philanthropist—but Satan never has and never will appear with scars.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
My mother was a very positive thinker; she was always active, always doing something good.
- Joseph Wirthlin
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
- Marcus Aurelius
Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money, and that's what allows them to be noble. They don't really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.
- Margaret Atwood
Is there no end to his disguises, of benevolence?
- Margaret Atwood