Quotes About Beneficence

Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

Wherever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.

Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can.

One who directs to good is rewarded similar to the doer of good.

Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

We hold that gain after toil, triumph after adversity, achievement to a goal long-sought, is a greater beneficence than prebendary nutrient from the teat of an indulgent government.

Narrow minds can develop as well through persecution as through benevolence; they can assure themselves of their power by tyrannizing cruelly or beneficially over others.

I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world.

To achieve willing compliance without undue waste in constant police supervision, the governing body must create an appearance of beneficence and helpfulness, sufficient to awaken some degree of affection and trust and loyalty.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Charity is the root of all good works.

Clearly, in this world, you were a fool to count on beneficence from above.

Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.

If doing the most you can for others means that you are also flourishing, then that is the best possible outcome for everyone.

We can do more good by being good, than in any other way.

Giving with no expectation of a return is the only way to give," he said. That is, of course, the absolute truth, although I had not thought of it before.

We have the Noble Desire to help others and benefit the world, without expecting any return or recognition

I cannot see ... evidence of design and beneficence ... There seems to me too much misery in the world.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.

He had perhaps been bruised too often. The peace of the vast aloof scrub had drawn him with the beneficence of its silence. Something in him was raw and tender. The touch of men was hurtful upon it, but the touch of pines was healing.

The hand that gives is above the hand that takes.