Quotes About Benevolence

Go out of your way to do something nice today—open a door, leave a good tip, or share a beautiful smile with someone who crosses your path. Trust that God will speak to them through your kindness.

no matter how difficult your life may be during certain seasons, remember to do all you can do to bless, help, and encourage others.

A saint is a human being who neither wants nor needs to hurt you.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

If we sincerely try, there is going to be some influence had. It matters not whether we see the good being done or not; that does not pertain to us. That is God's affair. The persevering in doing good is what ultimately counts before God and men.

I know people whose lives have been transformed by a good deed.

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.

How easy is it for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him, and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles.

If, however, I can by any lucky chance, in these days of evil, rub out one wrinkle from the brow of care, or beguile the heavy heart of one moment of sorrow, if I can now and then penetrate through the gathering film of misanthropy, prompt a benevolent view of human nature, and make my reader more in good humor with his fellow beings and himself, surely, surely, I shall not then have written entirely in vain.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; and every countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevolence.

oh beloved, no matter the intensity of the furnace you may find yourself in, Our beloved Heavenly Father is goodness He is faithfulness He is the unchanging One He is kindness He is compassion He is benevolence He is joy He is peace He is love He is grace – oh, so full of grace.

Part of the myth of Persian benevolence is the idea of an end to the exile in 539. But all that was ended was Neo-Babylonian hegemony, to be replaced by that of the Persians. (p. 65)

Mankind is unkind, man.

To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive.

The first key to success is Be generous in all ways, the second key of success is to Be generous in all ways, the third key of success is to Be generous in all ways

In other words, a considerable portion of your extraordinary gift comes from the simple fact that you very much want to do good." -Master George

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

See to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

And as for the gods, I've never been satisfied by any of the answers that are given. If there really is a benevolent loving god, why is the world full of rape and torture? Why do we even have pain? I was taught pain is to let us know when our body is breaking down. Well, why couldn't we have a light? Like a dashboard light? If Chevrolet could come up with that, why couldn't God? Why is agony a good way to handle things?

Please guide my words and actions so that they bring blessings to everyone involved

For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.

The memory of a good deed lives.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.