To me, charity often is just about giving, because you’re supposed to, or because it’s what you’ve always done — or it’s… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
“Awards and recognition are not the purpose of life and not the goal of an activist. The heart of an activist usually… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm a heroine; I'm just somebody that can cheer the troops by singing to folks, and have receptions… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul's beauty. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
When the truth emerges, then we reconcile ourselves to truth and unity and in charity or in love. — Alveda King Copy Share Image
The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him — Voltaire Copy Share Image
charity is a calm, severe duty; it must be intellectual, to be advantageous. It is a strange mistake that it should ever… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
“He had ceased to believe in the efficacy of alms; it was not sufficient that one should be charitable, henceforth one must… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
I will never shave off my beard and moustache. I did once, for charity, but my wife said, 'Good grief, how awful,… — Rolf Harris Copy Share Image
“I believe that our sole responsibility is to reach out, uplift one another and lighten one another's burdens. If we are not… — Ogwo David Emenike Copy Share Image
These motivational tapes have really inspired me! I'm going to make a million dollars, buy my own company and retire early. Then,… — Randy Glasbergen Copy Share Image
The charity that begins at home cannot rest there but draws one inexorably over the threshold and off the porch and down… — Nancy Mairs Copy Share Image
Ah! what a divine religion might be found out if charity were really made the principle of it instead of faith. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
As each Sister is to become a Co-Worker of Christ in the slums, each ought to understand what God and the Missionaries… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Acts of loving-kindness now supersede sacrifices as the preferred way of attaining God's forgiveness. — Yochanan Ben Zakkai Copy Share Image
“Little deeds that proceed from charity please God and have their place among meritorious acts.” — St. Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Socially prominent people are very fond of disease, because it gives them a chance to have these really elaborate charity functions, and… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Fight vigorously against the wolves, but on behalf of the sheep, not against the sheep. And this you may do by inveighing… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image