Charity Quote by James Cook

Private charity discourages poverty while public subsidies encourage it.

— James Cook

Charity that does not change the situation of the poor isn't enough.

— Pope Francis

“Charity ain't giving people what you wants to give, it's giving people what they need to get.”

— Terry Pratchett

True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense

— Emanuel Swedenborg

Charity consists not so much on HOW MUCH WE GIVE to the person but on HOW MUCH WE KEEP FOR OURSELVES

— Gregory Ramkissoon

Charity you can give even when you haven't got.

— Bernard Malamud

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

— John D. Rockefeller

Charity sees the need, not the cause

— German Proverb

I have come to the conclusion that charity is only charity when you give goods, services or money without personal gain, benefit or recognition…

— Jim Pinto

This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty.

— Muhammad Yunus

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

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

— Emanuel Swedenborg