Quotes by Alms The poor should live by alms. Benedict Joseph Labre almspoorshould At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action. Bono almsactioninspirational For the unclean spirit enters easily into a man, and easily goes out from him. Bruno of Cologne almsspiritmen Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms. Christian Scriver almsprogressreason He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused." Diogenes statuesalmspractice The greatest giver of alms is cowardice. Friedrich Nietzsche almscowardicegiver If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago. Friedrich Nietzsche almspitylong-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 almsearthgiving Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . . John Vianney almspaygiving To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also. John Ruskin almsliteraturegiving Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when you give money that you yourself worked to get. Leo Tolstoy almsdeedsgiving Loving words and deeds are the best alms. Mata Amritanandamayi loving-wordsalmsdeeds Walking does good to the fat and giving alms does good to the sinners; these both make one feel lighter! Mehmet Murat Ildan almsdoegiving Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy Owen Feltham almscourtesycharity Give, if thou can, an alms; if not, a sweet and gentle word. Robert Herrick almssweetgiving Let us not overlook so great a gain. Saint John Chrysostom almsgains 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 almscollegecharacter Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms. William Beveridge almsgenerosityblessing
