Quotes about Benevolence
It's possible for someone to act sacrificially and selflessly in the best interests of others while enjoying the fruit: feeling good about having done well and receiving God's approval and reward.
— Randy Alcorn
Both psychological research and Scripture demonstrate that those who give generously and serve others are happy people.
— Randy Alcorn
Go out of your way to do something nice today—open a door, leave a good tip, or share a beautiful smile with someone who crosses your path. Trust that God will speak to them through your kindness.
— Joyce Meyer
The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.
— Walt Whitman
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
— Washington Irving
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
— Washington Irving
Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; and every countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevolence.
— Washington Irving
Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.
— James Freeman Clarke
The memory of a good deed lives.
— Aesop
May we do good everywhere as we have opportunity, and results will not be wanting!
— Charles Spurgeon
Do not withhold good . . . when it is in your power to do it.
— Rachel Hauck
Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson