A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
... we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I as little fear that God will damn a person who has charity as I hope that the priests can save one… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“We are oblivious to suffering. We are cheap with charity if it's not close to our home.” — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
O how unspeakable is this Sacrament which sets our affections ablaze with charity. ... It is the fulfillment of Christ's Mystical Body. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
You don't do charity work for publicity. Well, I know I don't. Everybody's different. — Rajon Rondo Copy Share Image
How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Wanting help, I reached out to serve. Seeking happiness, I smiled and offered comfort. Yearning for love, I showed love. And now… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I think it's important that we give back to society and our fellow man regardless of our professions. We all need help… — Rhonda Hopkins Copy Share Image
Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
After Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, the belief in decent housing as a political right or social obligation was supplanted in the U.S.… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Ah, how little you know of human happiness - you comfortable and benevolent people! For happiness and unhappiness are brother and sister… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It seems to me to be the best proof of an evangelical disposition, that persons are not angry when reproached, and have… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Never pretend to have money except when you are in straits. The poor man who pretends to have a bank account betters… — George Ade Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I'm swimming, I think that maybe someday I'll put my red Speedo up for auction. Or maybe I'll donate it… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
In this modern world plagued with counterfeits for the Lord's plan, we must not be misled into supposing that we can discharge… — Marion G. Romney Copy Share Image
Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
“God is the comic shepherd who gets more of a kick out of that one lost sheep once he finds it again… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
The gift of the Holy Ghost is a gift of power. The Holy Ghost inspires and heals, guides and warns, enhances our… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
Why should all virtue work in one and the same way? Why should all give dollars? It is very inconvenient to us… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“I have known a lot of people in my life, and I can tell you this… Some of the ones who understood… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
“From the standpoint of the upper classes, the system had many merits. They felt that what was paid out of the poor… — bertrand russell Copy Share Image
Satisfy your demand for reason but always remember that charity is beyond reason, and God can be known through charity. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it’s like the least I can do, I really enjoy that stuff. I… — Alex O'Loughlin Copy Share Image
I hold that Christian grace abounds Where charity is seen; that when We climb to heaven, 'tis on the rounds Of love… — Alice Cary Copy Share Image
He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it rightly, rather liberal of another man's goods… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
... whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I like to focus on what I'm doing now, which is giving back. I've done interventions with people I've been close to. — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
Did Charity prevail, the press would prove A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
We make an idol of truth itself, for truth apart from charity is not God, but his image and an idol that… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights. — George Burns Copy Share Image
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty. — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
“I'm starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than we… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves. — Michel Quoist Copy Share Image
I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind… — Carolina Herrera Copy Share Image
The able bodied poor don't want or need charity… All they need is financial capital. — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
I think it's important to be involved with charities that don't necessarily reflect what you're dealing with in your life. — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
