7 Recompense Quotes for You to Enjoy

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve. Francis of Assisi

Charity World Reward Will Men Lose Carry Recompense Give Alms Lord Material Material Things Leave Behind Them Deserve Things Receive

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense. Emanuel Swedenborg

Charity Thought Others Recompense True Useful Desire

An apology offered and, equally important, received is a step towards reconciliation and, sometimes, recompense. Without that process, hurts can rankle and fester and erupt into their own hatreds and wrongdoings. Margaret MacMillan

Sometimes Hurts Important Own Recompense Reconciliation Step Towards Equally Without Erupt Fester Offered Process Apology Received

Do not calculate what I have done, for I shall accept no recompense. Calculate the public advantage, the welfare and liberty of my country, and believe that I shall refuse no burden, no danger, provided that, at the hour of tranquillity, I may return to private life, for there now remains but one step for my ambition - that of arriving at zero. Marquis de Lafayette

Life Liberty Welfare Burden Country Ambition Believe Danger Recompense Shall Remains Step Advantage Calculate Hour Return Accept Private Arriving Provided Private Life Done May Tranquillity Refuse Public Now Zero

When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me. Arthur Smith

Me School Nine Everyone Hook Laughed Recompense Instinctively School Play New Wrote Terrifying Doing Came Version Offered Role Trying Any Eight Script Use Captain Peter Peter Pan Play Pan Imagine