Quotes About Benevolence

Try how the life of the good man suits thee, the life of him who is satisfied with his portion out of the whole, and satisfied with his own just acts and benevolent disposition.

I learned how to receive favours and kindnesses

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever

Die Menschen kommen durch nichts den Göttern näher, als wenn sie Menschen glücklich machen.

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.

Is there no end to his disguises, of benevolence?

Thank you for bringing me this fish. Thank you means: Thank you means you did something good for me. Or something you thought was good. And that good thing was giving me a fish. So that made me happy, but the part that really made me happy was that you wanted me to be happy. That's what Thank you means. No, you don't need to give me another fish. I am happy enough for now.

Is there no end to his diguises of benevolence?

alguien a quien aborrecemos nos hace un favor, despreciamos tanto a la persona como el favor.

Ungrateful people breed negativity. No one gets any pleasure from giving to an ungrateful person. When you show appreciation, the object of your attention blossoms and flourishes.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.

Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.

We will be thankful and grateful. Not even the last thing that is done for us shall be forgotten.

We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received.

It's the way you say thank you like you're genuinely thankful. I have never met anyone else who does that on a regular basis.

I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.

Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

If you're in a position where you can help other people, there is nothing better in life than helping other people. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.