Charity Quotes · Page 2

Generosity is the flower of justice.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Perhaps a supreme form of charity may be exhibited by one who withholds judgment of another's acts or conduct, remembering that there…

— H. Burke Peterson

The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead; ask about the scale of their…

— Dan Pallotta

Someone once bought me loads of clothes from a charity shop - and sent them to me in a black bin liner.…

— Suzanne Shaw

For me, writing something in the spirit of Halloween is like Mother Teresa writing on charity and sacrifice. It's just second nature…

— Danny Elfman

I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are…

— Steven Levitan

What's so great is that we're making money for AIDS in Africa. There's a lot of love and spontaneity, we're doing something…

— Gavin Friday

I admire people like Warren Buffett that are donating so much money to charity.

— Bethenny Frankel

I am in charity, my children, with all the servants of God.

— Caedmon

I did a thing called 24 Hour Plays, a thing they do every year on Broadway. A bunch of playwrights and actors…

— Scott Raab

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

“When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face…

— C.S. Lewis

I’d like to own Microsoft shares until I either give something to charity or I die.

— Steve Ballmer

. . . . [P]ersons who love very much, easily take offense at trifles. No doubt your excessive affection for me makes…

— Vincent de Paul

As you look back in history, we [the United States] have done wonderful things, the Marshal Plan is the most obvious. After…

— Michael Beschloss

Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.

— Bill Moyers

Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; Thinking right is…

— Samuel Gridley Howe

I am very driven. I work really hard, whether it's acting or my charity or even poker. When I focus on something…

— Shannon Elizabeth

True charity is liable to excesses and transports.

— Jean Baptiste Massillon

Why not Bill Gates for president? There are so many businesses' that empower charities. How many men give away all their money…

— will.i.am

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much…

— Anonymous

You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities.

— Joe Mantegna

I try to pay it forward. I do a lot of philanthropic and charity work. Some of my greatest awards, greatest rewards,…

— George Perez

We tell the for-profit sector, 'Spend, spend, spend on advertising until the last dollar no longer produces a penny of value,' but…

— Dan Pallotta