Benefactors Quote by George Orwell

Charity, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Next to putting it in a bank, men like to squander their superfluous wealth on those to whom…

— William Hazlitt

Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle-a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed murder for…

— Herman Melville

The character of a people may be ruined by charity.

— Theodor Herzl

Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man hardly qualifies as charity.

— Walter E. Williams

He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.

— Sophie Swetchine

“Whoever infringes upon individual 'charity' infringes upon man's nature and scorns his personal dignity”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give…

— Mother Teresa

A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.

— Oscar Wilde

Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give…

— Marvin J. Ashton

“Charity is obedient1 to no created thing, but only to Love. Charity has nothing of her own, and even if she had anything, she…

— Margaret Porette

“Charity is giving to someone what he needs versus what you want to give him.”

— Patricia Cornwell

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