Charity Quote by Ouida

Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy

— Owen Feltham

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

— John D. Rockefeller

Stated baldly, charity certainly means one of two things–pardoning unpardonable acts, or loving unlovable people.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Charity is reaching into one's own pockets to assist his fellow man in need. Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man…

— Walter E. Williams

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

— Emanuel Swedenborg

Charity is unconscious of itself, there is no accumulation first and then distribution. It is like the flower - natural, open, spontaneous.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses…

— Thomas S. Monson

Giving what one does not possess is always a sign of charity.

— Vikrant Parsai

Organized charity itself is. . . the surest sign that our civilization has bred, is breeding and is perpetuating constantly increasing numbers of defectives,…

— Margaret Sanger

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, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

— Terry Goodkind