Charity Quotes
1387 Charity quotes by 819 unique authors
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It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
— Winston Churchill
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Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.
— Frank A. Clark
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Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
— Frank A. Clark
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I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
— Maya Angelou
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Nothing will work unless you do.
— Maya Angelou
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I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
— Maya Angelou
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I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.
— Jeffrey Archer
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Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of any possible beneficiary.…
— Ayn Rand
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Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins, doesn't it? We…
— Elisabeth Elliot
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
— Nelson Mandela
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Equality before the law in a true democracy is a matter of right. It cannot be a matter of charity or of favor or of…
— Unknown Author
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Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather than give them good wages.
— Rebecca West
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Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere…
— Rebecca West
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
— Mary Wollstonecraft
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Charity should be abolished; and be replaced by justice.
— Norman Bethune
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right…
— Nelson Mandela
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I call my putter 'Sweet Charity' because it covers such a multitude of sins from tee to green.
— Gardner Dickinson
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The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing…
— Sean Connery
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Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get…
— Blake Mycoskie
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It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man should love himself...…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Charity feeds the poor, so does pride; charity builds an hospital, so does pride. In this they differ: charity gives her glory to God; pride…
— Francis Quarles
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True charity requires courage: Let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need.
— Pope Francis
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Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.
— C.S. Lewis
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Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.
— Thomas a Kempis
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We must show charity towards the sick, who are in greater need of help. Let us take them some small gift if they are poor,…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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