Human beings have neither kindness, nor faith, nor charity beyond what serves to increase the pleasure of the moment. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“rule of four when it came to gift giving—something you want and something you need, something to wear and something to read.” — Lori Wilde Copy Share Image
“I distrust official charity. All charity should be done by stealth.” — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
I think we're giving people something new that people didn't know was out there before. — Brit Hume Copy Share Image
Christian giving is to be marked by self-sacrifice and self-forgetfuln ess, not by self-congratula tion. — John Stott Copy Share Image
real misery delights not in reproaches and complaints. It is like charity and love - silent, long suffering and mild. — Lady Caroline Lamb Copy Share Image
Giving something without promising is better than promising something before giving. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Selfless giving reminds us that there is an eternally present spirit in all of us, that when revealed, liberates us from both… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The most powerful thought is a prayerful thought. When I'm praying for you, I am praying for my own peace of mind.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The trouble with beauty is feelings of superiority, the trouble with generosity is extravagance, the trouble with noble descent is sinful pride. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more… — Pliny the Younger Copy Share Image
I already give cash to good causes at least once a week via the plethora of my friends' mid-life crises masquerading as… — Grace Dent Copy Share Image
Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Maybe the raising of millions of dollars of funds for charitable projects has become 'a racket', and the longer they remain in… — Roland V. Libonati Copy Share Image
It doesn't mean old or younger. I've learned a lot from people much younger than me as well as people much older… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
I send the fire of Pentecost that all of those who are the devotees of the avatars of this world and the… — Pearls Of Wisdom Copy Share Image
“I've learned that solutions to poverty must be driven by discipline, accountability, and market strength, not easy sentimentality. I've learned that many… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
“Gifts are very useful to con men. Gifts create a feeling of debt, an itchy anxiety that the recipient is eager to… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a… — Richard MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Where are the people today who will respond to the call of Christ? Have we become so accustomed to “cheap grace” that… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
My God, grant that my bounty may be a clear and transparent river, flowing from pure charity, and uncontaminated by self-love, ambition,… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Copy Share Image
He [Osama bin Laden] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Copy Share Image