Quotes by Alms The poor should live by alms. Benedict Joseph Labre alms poor should At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action. Bono alms action inspirational For the unclean spirit enters easily into a man, and easily goes out from him. Bruno of Cologne alms spirit men Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms. Christian Scriver alms progress reason He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused." Diogenes statues alms practice The greatest giver of alms is cowardice. Friedrich Nietzsche alms cowardice giver If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago. Friedrich Nietzsche alms pity long-ago If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life. John Vianney alms earth giving Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . . John Vianney alms pay giving To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also. John Ruskin alms literature giving Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when you give money that you yourself worked to get. Leo Tolstoy alms deeds giving Loving words and deeds are the best alms. Mata Amritanandamayi loving-words alms deeds Walking does good to the fat and giving alms does good to the sinners; these both make one feel lighter! Mehmet Murat Ildan alms doe giving Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy Owen Feltham alms courtesy charity Give, if thou can, an alms; if not, a sweet and gentle word. Robert Herrick alms sweet giving Let us not overlook so great a gain. Saint John Chrysostom alms gains Fellows of colleges in the universities are in one sense the recipients of alms, because they receive funds which originally were of an eleemosynary character. Samuel Taylor Coleridge alms college character Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms. William Beveridge alms generosity blessing