Alms Quote by Francis Atterbury

...perhaps charity is the kind of beauty that we comprehend the best because we miss it the most.

— Gregory Maguire

Charity should be blind to everything but need. Our personal feelings should not determine whose starvation is legitimate.

— Michael Redhill

Charity should be done from the heart not from the pocket.

— Vikrant Parsai

It shouldn't be down to charities to be the sole help for those who fall through the cracks.

— Katie Piper

While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become…

— Chinua Achebe

“Charity is salt in the wound. It is painful. The state gives charity with the bitter hatred of a victim to his blackmailer. The…

— Mario Puzo

When charity requires it we must freely and mildly communicate to our neighbor not only what is his instruction, but also what is profitable…

— Saint Francis de Sales

Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice.

— Henry George

Charity sees the need, not the cause

— German Proverb

Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take…

— Ban Ki-moon

“Giving to those in need what they could be gaining from their own initiative may well be the kindest way to destroy people. We…

— Robert D. Lupton

Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose.

— Thomas Merton