Charity Quotes · Page 40

Boards of public charity were invented by the devil to prevent real individual charity.

— Austin O'Malley

Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice.

— Henry George

My religion is humanitarianism , which is the basis of every religion in the world.

— Abdul Sattar Edhi

Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.

— Francis Quarles

“Little deeds that proceed from charity please God and have their place among meritorious acts.”

— St. Francis de Sales

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

— Anonymous

[I]t is His good pleasure that we remain always in the holy joy of His love...

— Vincent de Paul

We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.

— Calvin Coolidge

“I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbours' defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their…

— Anonymous

I would like to do all kinds of things: photography and art and designing; I want to help do charity things for…

— Georgia May Jagger

“A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offenses against Charity are about the only ones which men…

— Edgar Allan Poe

Forgiveness is the best charity. (It is easy to give the poor money and goods when one has plenty, but to forgive…

— Meher Baba

I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited…

— Naomi Campbell

It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the…

— Thomas Merton

“Auntie An-mei had cried before she left for China, thinking she would make her brother very rich and happy by communist standards.…

— Amy Tan

“While the word charity connotes a single act of giving, justice speaks to right living, of aligning oneself with the world in…

— Rachel Held Evans

With you a part of me hath passed away; For in the peopled forest of my mind A tree made leafless by…

— George Santayana

If you have the abilities to earn a lot of money and if you have the character to persist in giving that…

— Peter Singer

You know, that man has a spirit, that each man and woman is unique, that we have duty to promote our unalienable…

— Anonymous

... But as a Godless greed pursued its career from excess to excess, it provoked a sort of twin hostile brother, equally…

— Hilaire Belloc

To me, money is a vehicle; it's a tool. I could use it as a weapon to destroy things or money can…

— Tony Robbins

Charity is not a potency of the soul, because if it were it would be natural. Nor is it a passion, because…

— Thomas Aquinas

The genius of Freemasonry is not our Masonic buildings and temples or the trappings of our organizations. It is not our great…

— Carl H. Claudy

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

“... love for our neighbours does not die the minute we enter heaven, it intensifies.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.

— Alexander Pope

The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.

— Claudio Hummes

Charity fundraising galas have always been a wonderful way to support a myriad of causes.

— Louise Linton

“Ukiwapa watoto wako uhuru wa shaghalabaghala au uhuru wa kila kitu watajisahau! Wape uhuru wa mahesabu.”

— Enock Maregesi

URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money…

— Ziggy Marley

“Charity begins at your doorstep; do not forget to open your heart.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads Let love through good deeds show.

— Edwin Arnold

“Be wary of people who go out of their way in charity. They're usually compensating for some evil they're trying to erase.”

— Christopher Herz

Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter.

— Anonymous

“It's always more admirable to perhaps be seen giving than to purposefully giving to be seen.”

— Carlos Wallace

Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

— Seneca the Elder

Development aid takes money from the poor in rich countries and gives it to the rich in poor countries.

— Mohammed Saleh

True generosity consists precisely in fighting to destroy the causes which nourish false charity.

— Paulo Freire