Charity Quotes · Page 33

Charity is one of those remarkable words that helps to identify the fault lines of a culture.

— Janet Poppendieck

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

Women have the genius of charity. A man gives but his gold; a woman adds to it her sympathy.

— Ernest Legouve

You are not here in the world for yourself. You have been sent here for others. The world is waiting for you!

— Catherine Booth

Faith is knowing and thinking truths. Charity is willing and doing them.

— Emanuel Swedenborg

The gift of giving and paying it forward has always been traits I consider to be invaluable.

— Jon Taffer

A group's leadership limit is reached when voluntarism ends and compulsion begins.

— Orrin Woodward

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about…

— Shannon Alder

Whilst in speaking of human things, we say that it is necessary to know them before we love can them. The saints…

— Blaise Pascal

I have charity work that I do. I started my own charity, the Friends of the Prostate, and I'm also working on…

— Barry Humphries

“The purpose of any charity is simply to turn people's mirrors into windows. An outward view of the world's needs are vast…

— Shannon L. Alder

Man's value before God is estimated by the dispositions of his heart, its uprightness, its good will, its charity, and not by…

— Anne Catherine Emmerich

None of us are perfect, for which reason we should heed the voice of charity when it whispers in our ears, "Do…

— Elizabeth Keckley

Mission is a duty about which one must say 'Woe to me if I do not evangelize' (1 Corinthians 9:16)...redemption and mission…

— Pope Benedict XVI

It is undeniable that every human being is entitled to living space, daily bread, and the protection of the law as a…

— Alfred Delp

I know of but one garment which the fashionable social life of this country borrows of Christianity; it is that ample garment…

— J. G. Holland

“In words which can still bring tears to the eyes, St. Augustine describes the desolation into which the death of his friend…

— C.S. Lewis

Until we consider animal life to be worthy of the consideration and reverence we bestow upon old books and pictures and historic…

— Gerald Durrell

Our words, like our deeds, should be filled with faith and hope and charity, the three great Christian imperatives so desperately needed…

— Jeffrey R. Holland

There is, however, a moral basis for the vegetarian diet for which the indeterminate value of an animal's life takes on irrelevance.…

— Howard Lyman

I'm not one of those girls who can think, 'Right, I'll put a scarf with that and a little brooch there and…

— Sophie Winkleman

O Jesus, come back into our society, our family life, our souls and reign there as our peaceful Sovereign. Enlighten with the…

— Pope John XXIII

I could have waited years, now that I knew the end of the story. I was cold and wet and very happy.…

— Graham Greene

I only started to understand the concept of "environmental protection" 14 years ago. I was an ambassador for a charity event, and…

— Li Bingbing

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

— Bob Woodward

I've been doing charity work since I'm 20 years old, and now I want to help kids.

— Brian Ortega

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.

— Anne Baxter

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

— Walt Whitman

I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.

— Wyclef Jean

Government charity gives the most to those who refuse to help themselves; private charity gives less.

— James Cook

No vicarious charity can substitute for justice which is due as an obligation and is wrongfully denied.

— Pope Pius XI

I have a festival called Shaggy and Friends, which is a charity event to raise funds for a hospital.

— Shaggy

I'm publicist, patron of nine charities, creative director, food consultant, recipe developer - and mum.

— Jack Monroe

[L]et us work to rid ourselves of our attacks of over-zealousness especially when it offends against respect, esteem, and charity.

— Vincent de Paul

“What weighs us down is not gravity! A little force of kindness can decelerate depravity.”

— Igbinovia Ixrael Lee

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they…

— Anonymous

Love ever your neighbour as yourselves - but first be such as love themselves.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I want to do and I'm giving all the profits to charity, is to teach people to meditate. All it takes is…

— Russell Simmons

Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

— Anonymous

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

— Ralph Nader