#begging

Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#better #borrowing #interest #just #lending

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

#do the right thing #doing #doing the right thing #how #i

No matter how long you behest, to the fruit draped tree. It will do you no best, until a shingle you free. ↗

— Shahzad Ashraf

#actions-over-words #begging #do #forgiveness #power

I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#begging #community #conservative #conservative values #faith

Congressmen spend between five and seven hours a day on the phone, begging for money. ↗

— Eric Massa

#between #congressmen #day #five #hours

Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food. ↗

— Satish Kumar

#bowls #dry #food #liquid #monks

You will never gain anyone's approval by begging for it. When you stand confident in your own worth, respect follows. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#approval-of-others #begging #confident #loving-yourself #people-pleaser

As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think "actor" and see some easy money. ↗

— Matt Damon

#actor #away #begging #easy #eleven

The snow began to fall again, drifting against the windows, politely begging entrance and then falling with disappointment to the ground ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#disappointment #snow #beauty

My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#begging #father #film #four #grandfather