Begging Quotes

• Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Money

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1851). “The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha”, p.61

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• Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.

  Denis Diderot

  Men, Giving, Shame

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• Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passerby.

  Mason Cooley

  Money, Beggar, Passerby

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• Treat kindly every miserable truth that knocks begging at your door, otherwise you will some day fail to recognize Truth Himself when He comes in rags.

  Austin O'Malley

  Truth, Doors, Rags

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• We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

  James McGreevey

  Impact, Needs, Purpose

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• Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

  Toni Morrison

  Love, Self Respect, Humiliation

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• I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging.

  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

  Roles, Facts, Knows

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Being with him made her feel as though her soul had escaped from the narrow confines of her island country into the vast, extravagant spaces of his. He made her feel as though the world belonged to them- as though it lay before them like an opened frog on a dissecting table, begging to be examined.

  Arundhati Roy

  Country, Islands, Space

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.245, Penguin Books India

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• When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice... and begging or pleading for love.

  Mortimer Adler

  Careers, Differences, Justice

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• Beggars market their incapacity.

  Mason Cooley

  Incapacity, Beggar

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• Beware of begging God for things you don't have to have.

  James MacDonald

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• A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.

  Oscar Wilde

  Hate, Charity, Benefactors

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• Listen for the instruction, instead of begging for the direction.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Instruction

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• How long will you keep pounding on an open door Begging for someone to open it?

  Rabia Basri

  Wisdom, Islamic, Doors

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• The only way for us to come out of poverty is to work hard. Poverty means begging throughout the world.

  Ousmane Sembene

  Hard Work, Mean, World

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty.

  Francis of Assisi

  Sublime, Treasure, Poverty

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• Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing.

  Garth Nix

  Beggar, Ifs

  Garth Nix (2014). “Lirael”, p.232, Hot Key Books

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• There are so many moments to remember and sometimes I think that maybe we're not really people at all. Maybe moments are what we are.... Sometimes I just survive. But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.

  Markus Zusak

  Thinking, People, Rooftops

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• Borrowing is not much better than begging.

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

  Begging You, Lending, Borrowing

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1950). “Nathan the Wise: (Nathan der Weise)”

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• As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg

  Oscar Wilde

  Poverty, Poor, Beggar

  Oscar Wilde (1997). “Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis”, p.1043, Wordsworth Editions

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• A beggar always remains a beggar. Africa, stop begging - you have what it takes to solve your problem.

  T. B. Joshua

  Begging You, Problem, Solve

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• Revolution is always based on land. Revolution is never based on begging somebody for an integrated cup of coffee.

  Malcolm X

  Coffee, Land, Cups

  Malcolm X (1992). “Malcolm X Speaks Out”, Andrews McMeel Pub

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• We went all the way down the Himalayan chain for a day and a half. That was magnificent, except the Chinese told us they were going to shoot us down if we came out the far end. So I spent a lot of my time contacting former Prime Minister Tony Blair begging him to tell the Chinese we were coming in this direction by mistake and could he please say we have no nasty motives for flying into their territory.

  Richard Branson

  Mistake, Adventure, Flying

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• We don't think that we're begging for anything. We think we're demanding what is ours by right.

  Malcolm X

  Thinking

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• The Negro pays for what he wants and begs for what he needs.

  Kelly Miller

  Needs, Want, Pay

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