Articles Quote by Mabel Osgood Wright

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

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

— John D. Rockefeller

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

— Terry Pratchett

“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

Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.

— Myrtle Reed

Sometimes people give to charity because they have been persuaded to believe in a cause, sometimes just to get rid of you and sometimes…

— Sara Pascoe

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

— Gregory Maguire

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

— Oscar Wilde

“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

“As well as being tailored to the circumstances of the recipient, charity allows the donor to make a moral choice. There is virtue in…

— Daniel Hannan

I think often times when people choose to be part of a charity; it's usually because something is very personal.

— Elizabeth Berkley

Charity is from person to person; and it loses half, far more than half, its moral value when the giver is not brought into…

— James Anthony Froude