Charity Quote by Pope Francis

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

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

— John D. Rockefeller

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

— Margaret Porette

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 false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice.

— Henry George

Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so…

— Confucius

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

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

— Margaret Sanger

Charity is like warmth in springtime or summer that causes grass, plants, and trees to grow. Without charity, or spiritual warmth, nothing grows.

— Emanuel Swedenborg

True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.

— Hosea Ballou

Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great…

— Hyrum W. Smith