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Quotes About Neighbor

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
~ Hubert H. Humphrey
Some generous souls forbear their own, and seek another's gain; Most men, neglecting not their own, their neighbour's cause maintain; Those are mere demons who would build their wealth on other's loss, But what are those who profitless their neighbour's interest cross?
~ bhartrhari ii
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
~ Bible
With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
~ bible quotes vii
CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows the teachings of Christ in so far as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
~ bierce ambrose iv
DANCE, v.i. To leap about to the sound of tittering music, preferably with arms about your neighbor's wife or daughter.
~ bierce ambrose iv
I had Oliver Reed as a neighbor. He was always in the pub and despite his age, he always wanted to wrestle everyone.
~ Shaun Ryder
The minister wore a light blue, three-piece suit, an obvious hairpiece, and a gold wedding band. No watch. No other jewelry. Nothing ostentatious. His face was gentle, trusting—the face of a dear uncle or friendly neighbor. His bright smile, one of his biggest assets, was firmly set. "Thank
~ Harlan Coben
In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
~ William Ames
Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by chance at the library or the pool may turn out to be the best friend of your down-the-street neighbor. Maybe that's why people are so friendly here, so willing to be unhurried.
~ Kim Edwards
To love God is to love your neighbour.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
I have a neighbor who knows 200 types of wine. ... I only know two types of wine - red and white. But my neighbor only knows two types of countries - industrialized and developing. And I know 200.
~ Hans Rosling
The religion I have to love and fear God, believe in Jesus Christ, do all the good to my neighbor, and myself that I can, do as little harm as I can help, and trust on God's mercy for the rest.
~ Daniel Boone
When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.
~ Noah Webster
People who live in glass houses must reeeeeallly trust their neighbors.
~ Gregoire
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
~ John Locke
We are all bound to work in the vineyard where God is the husbandman. We have all been given our little vineyard, but the way in which we cultivate it is of great importance for the prosperity of our neighbour's vineyard... In fact all our vineyards are a part of the Lord's great vineyard, the Holy Church, and we are all bound to work here too.
~ Sigrid Undset
Witch-hunting in all its different forms is also a powerful means to destroy communal relations, injecting the suspicion that underneath the neighbor, the friend, the lover hides another person, lusting for power, sex, wealth, or simply wanting to commit evil deeds.
~ Silvia Federici
Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.
~ John Ray
So dearly does His Majesty love us that He will reward our love for our neighbor by increasing the love which we bear to Himself, and that in a thousand ways.
~ Teresa of Avila
His motto is "Love Thy Neighbor". His neighbor is an 18 year old hooker.
~ Henny Youngman
We can't love our neighbors till we know how crooked their hearts are.
~ John Green
To show great love for God and our neighbor we need not do great things. It is how much love we put in the doing that makes our offering something beautiful for God.
~ Mother Teresa
Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
~ Confucius