Charity Quotes

He who gives early gives twice.

— Miguel de Cervantes

In charity there is no excess.

— Francis Bacon

We only have what we give.

— Isabel Allende

Philanthropy is my job.

— will.i.am

I believe in giving back.

— Laura San Giacomo

“Those were for charity, Clark.”

— Geoff Johns

I love charity. Ask anyone.

— Chris Long

Charity cures heartaches.

— Nachman of Breslov

Where charity keeps pace with gain, industry is blessed.

— William Penn

Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need

— Barbara Kingsolver

Charity and treating begin at home.

— John Fletcher

Capitalists' wet dreams is to be involved in charity.

— Anonymous

I like giving back to the community, because it lasts a long time.

— Robert Covington

I'd make Jack Benny look like a philanthropist.

— Gilbert Gottfried

The best creed we can have is charity toward the creeds of others.

— Josh Billings

Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy

— Owen Feltham

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may…

— Oscar Wilde

I'd much rather leave £2bn to charity, or £3bn or £4bn, than £1bn. That is my motivation to carry on working as…

— John Caudwell

I've always been passionate about giving back, not just anywhere, but to my city specifically. That's extremely important to me.

— Tavon Austin

I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years.

— Martina Navratilova

Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance.

— Thomas Aquinas

I have my own charity organization in Berlin called Ruckenwind, which supports kids from - ya - not ideal backgrounds.

— Paul van Dyk

This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty.

— Muhammad Yunus

Paying good wages is not charity at all-it is the best kind of business.

— Henry Ford

Religion has become to many merely a means of doing a little charity work, just to amuse them after a hard day's…

— Swami Vivekananda

Do you know what the actual percentage of money the Clinton Foundation has raised that they donate so far to charity is?…

— Rush Limbaugh

I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to…

— Anita Roddick

there is less alms-giving in America than in any other Christian country on the face of the globe. It is not in…

— Frances Trollope

People-to-people charity is more efficient, less costly, more human and compassionate, and more likely to inspire change and self-sufficiency in the beneficiary.

— Larry Elder

Simple rules for saving money: To save half, when you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to a charity, wait…

— Mark Twain

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but…

— Francis Bacon

There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

— Francois Rabelais

I realized that my money would do vastly more good for others than it could for me and decided to make a…

— Toby Ord

She only maintains that it is possible, under some circumstances, for a lady to murder her husband; but that a woman who…

— Judith Martin

Think not you are charitable if the love of Jesus and His brethren be not purely the motive of your gifts. Alas!…

— Hugh Reginald Haweis

Your generosity is reflected in what you do with your own money, not in what you do with other people's money. If…

— Arnold Kling

If you put these five things together - you can't use money to attract talent, you can't advertise, you can't take risks,…

— Dan Pallotta

“I interviewed my dad on video in his final weeks. When I asked about his work and finding meaning through helping others,…

— Lisa Shannon

[T]he sprawl of government into every conceivable realm of life has caused the withering of traditional institutions. Fathers become unnecessary if the…

— Mona Charen

The politics of that year [2004] are old now, but the problem remains the same, the real culture clash of American life.…

— Jeff Sharlet