"The difference between charity and philanthropy is the……" — Maya Angelou
"The difference between charity and philanthropy is the distance of the soul... To be philanthropic is to give something, to be charitable is to give one's own heart."
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Maya Angelou
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760 Quotes by Maya Angelou
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget…
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love…
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else…
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
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If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
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For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
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I'm not sure what fame is for if it isn't to focus on charitable work.quot;
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Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.
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He is rich who hath enough to be charitable.
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The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free.
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An atheist can be charitable but not religious. But the religious man must be charitable.
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