Charitable Quotes

149 quotes by 124 authors

Playing the part of a charitable soul was only for those who were afraid of taking a stand in life. It is always far easier… — Paulo Coelho
The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like… — Maya Angelou
I am neither Christian enough nor charitable enough to like anybody just because he is alive and breathing. I want people to interest or amuse… — Betty MacDonald
The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern. — Ronald Reagan
A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and… — Edmund Burke
No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience,… — Orson F. Whitney
One doesnâ€™t become a witch to run around being helpful eitherâ€¦. Itâ€™s to escape all that â€“ to have a life of oneâ€™s own, not… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did… — Charles Dickens
What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a… — Deanna Raybourn
There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when… — Charles Dickens
Will there ever be an encyclopedia? Possibly. I would say two things about the encyclopedia: firstly, Iâ€™ve always said and I stand by it, whenever… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than… — C.S. Lewis
Tam: What beggâ€™st thou then? fond woman, let me go. Lav: â€™Tis present death I beg; and one thing more That womanhood denies my tongue… — William Shakespeare
Human intelligence was more trouble than it was worth. It was more destructive than creative, more confusing than revealing, more discouraging than satisfying, more spiteful… — Michael Crichton
No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure… — Orson F. Whitney
It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that I have not… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant… — Charles Dickens
It may often be noticed, the less virtuous people are, the more they shrink away from the slightest whiff of the odour of un-sanctity. The… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
Nobody was born nonviolent. No one was born charitable. None of us comes to these things by nature but only by conversion. The first duty… — Lanza del Vasto
Charity is commendable; everyone should be charitable. But justice aims to create a social order in which, if individuals choose not to be charitable, people… — Bill Moyers

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