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For his bounty, There was no winter in't: An autumn 'twas That grew the more by reaping: his delights Were dolphin-like, thy showed his back above The element they lived in: in his livery Walked crowns and crownets: realms and islands were As plates dropped from his pocket. - William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (Cleopatra at V, ii) Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life. - Sir Philip Sidney (Sydney) You will find people ready enough to do the Samaritan without the oil and twopence. - Sydney Smith Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon Giving is true having. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon Never try to save out of God's cause; such money will canker the rest. Giving to God is no loss; it is putting your substance in the best bank. Giving is true having, as the old gravestone said of the dead man "What I spend had, what I saved I lost; what I gave I have." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon So quickly sometimes has the wheel turned round, that many a man has lived to enjoy the benefit of that charity which his own piety projected. - Laurence Sterne Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions. - William Makepeace Thackeray Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out of his pocket and popped it in, so deal with your compliments through life. An acorn costs nothing; but it may sprout into a prodigious bit of timber. - William Makepeace Thackeray The generous pride of virtue, Disdains to weigh too nicely the returns Her bounty meets with--like the liberal gods, From her own gracious nature she bestows, Nor stops to ask reward. - James Thomson (1) Every virtue carries with it its own reward, but none in so distinguished and pre-eminent a degree as benevolence. - Unknown Displaying page 4 of 4 for this topic: << Prev 1 2 3 [4]
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