Boards of public charity were invented by the devil to prevent real individual charity. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice. — Henry George Copy Share Image
DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears. — Ambrose Bierce 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
Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“What we should see is that there is none among us with nothing to give, and that giving is our purpose.” — Nell Gavin Copy Share Image
“Giving out of your surplus does not make you generous, it makes your selfishness more tolerable! Giving while you are lacking is… — William Branks Copy Share Image
If you listen closely to the voices of our veterans, you understand that yes, they all returned from war changed, but what… — Michael Mullen Copy Share Image
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all,… — Oren Arnold Copy Share Image
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
“Altruism, a jargon word for what used to be called love, is worse than weakness, it is sin, a violation of nature.… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Policies are also to blame: the only thing that the governments and people can come up with to give to the poor… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
To insure the continuity of philanthropy, we must instill in kids the values and attitudes that will enable them to see charity… — Mary Leonard Copy Share Image
Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather than give… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“A generous intercourse of charity united the most distant provinces, and the smaller congregations were cheerfully assisted by the alms of their… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Such gratuity necessarily revolutionizes the ordinary human way of looking at talent, effort, and achievement. Henceforth I do strain, I do intend,… — Erasmo Leiva Copy Share Image
“Charity felt crumpled and wrung out after her cry, like a sponge that had gone through a week of dishes. Of course… — Elizabeth Jane Howard Copy Share Image
In the things that really matter--our covenants, the commandments, and following the prophet--we need to be completely united. In the non-essentials, we… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
“To many an upright poor person, it seems needless to invent a god who will wash the feet of beggars and exalt… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Even after most cultures established monetary economies, day-to-day transactions within close-knit social groups, from families to tribes, was still mostly without price.… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
Real success is found in radical sacrifice. Ultimate satisfaction is found not in making much of ourselves but in making much of… — David Platt Copy Share Image
