Charitable Quotes

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I support most charitable organizations.

— Stan Van Gundy

Great ideas are not charitable.

— Henry de Montherlant

Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.

— Confucius

“Life doesn't offers charity, it offers chance.”

— Amit Kalantri

No one has ever become poor from giving.

— Maya Angelou

Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature

— Larry Wall

Against the charitable gesture there is no defence.

— Samuel Beckett

I always wanted to work in charitable things, community outreach, etc.

— Forrest Griffin

A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen.

— Austin O'Malley

My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School.

— Thomas Peterffy

“Charitable initiatives drive the future of our neighborhoods.”

— Germany Kent

“An act of charity by the citizens questions the worthiness of the government.”

— Amit Kalantri

An atheist can be charitable but not religious. But the religious man must be charitable.

— Swami Vivekananda

“Be noble like the sun; let even those who resent you for shinning benefit from your warmth.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

I really enjoy being able to spend my time doing different charitable and philanthropic activities.

— Jennie Garth

One cannot see callers, answer the telephone, go to luncheons or dinners, visit the dentist or shoemaker, address charitable organizations in or…

— Kate Douglas Wiggin

The idea of kids helping other kids is such a great way to introduce children to being involved in charitable causes and…

— Brandy Norwood

One doesn’t become a witch to run around being helpful either…. It’s to escape all that – to have a life of…

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

Contribute to charitable projects like the printing of spiritual books so that they can be sold at a lower price. Poor people…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Philanthropists today want input into how their monies are being deployed. The big question is, can governments use this insight to sell…

— Noreena Hertz

Countries with high levels of atheism are . . . the most charitable both in terms of the percentage of their wealth…

— Sam Harris

Christmas is a glorious time of the year, simple in origin, deep in meaning, beautiful in tradition and custom, rich in memories,…

— Thomas S. Monson

“Some might say that abundance is not what you hold in your hand, but what you have in your heart. And I…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

The Bush administration, they had two blue ribbon commissions about infrastructure finance that recommended a lot more money, and additionally the gas…

— Ray LaHood

In the early 1970s, Milton Friedman argued that corporations should not be socially responsible because they had no mandate to be; they…

— Robert Reich

Men who scorn the idea of submission to the divine Will and are outraged by the notion of a God who requires…

— Charles le Gai Eaton

Many times I am asked why the suffering of animals should call forth more sympathy from me than the suffering of human…

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves…

— Edmund Burke

Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new…

— James Buchan

In spite of his flaws, Oscar had a big heart and was always ready to help whoever was in need. He was…

— Emilie Schindler

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable…

— Mark Twain

Others will give away large alms in order to be considered charitable people. Should they not give these out of their own…

— John Vianney

Charity is not a virtue to expect in others only. It is the all-important Christian attribute to be found in ourselves. .…

— Henry D. Moyle

“Always – but especially when suffering - surround yourself with those who inspire you to lose yourself more honestly, to love others…

— Connie Kerbs

To defend something is always to discredit it. Let a man have a warehouse full of gold, let him be willing to…

— Soren Kierkegaard

“It was badly received by the generation to which it was first addressed, and the outpouring of angry nonsense to which it…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

The most important job of the entrepreneur begins before there is a business or employees. The job of an entrepreneur is to…

— Robert Kiyosaki

“Love is the bridge that leads from the I sense to the We , and there is a paradox about personal love.…

— Carson McCullers

Whatever capital you divert to the support of a shiftless and good-for-nothing person is so much diverted from some other employment, and…

— William Graham Sumner