Quotes About Benevolence

Don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. "For God loves a person who gives cheerfully." —2 Corinthians 9:7

And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded. —Matthew 10:42

Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! —Hebrews 13:2

I led Israel along with my ropes of kindness and love. —Hosea 11:4

Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you. —Matthew 6:4

Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to help them. —Proverbs 3:27

Sharing what we have with others expresses God's love. — Betty J. Dalrymple

Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give! —Proverbs 21:26

often repays what we've given. — Jenni Davenport —

I don't say this because I want a gift from you. Rather, I want you to receive a reward for your kindness. —Philippians 4:17

Animals are my friends and I don't eat my friends.

When we are treated well, we naturally begin to think that we are not altogether unmeritorious, and that it is only just we should treat ourselves well, and not mar our own good fortune.

To see an enemy humiliated gives a certain contentment, but this is jejune compared with the highly blent satisfaction of seeing him humiliated by your benevolent action of concession on his behalf. That is a sort of revenge which falls into the scale of virtue [...]

But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.

The effect of Dorothea's being on those around her was incalculable diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.

the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.

When people ask me about what I learned from martial arts, I don't talk about favorite punches or kicks, or about fights won or lost. I talk about learning self-discipline, about ethics and manners and benevolence and fairness.

The wonderful thing is that it's so incredibly easy to be kind.

Word hark, be kind, and good things will happen for sure.

I want to be a force for real good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.

Alas few socialists are either benevolent enough to work hard at these occupations out of benevolence or self-interested enough to work hard at them for money.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Benevolence requires the steadiness of an elephant—a sense of trusting ourselves and remembering the suffering of others—because it is easy to become irritated with people.

It's best to be like water, nurturing the ten thousand things without competing, flowing into places people scorn, very like the Tao. Make the earth a dwelling place. Cultivate the heart and mind. Practice benevolence. Stand by your word. Govern with equity. Serve skillfully. Act in a timely way, without contentiousness, free of blame.