Quotes on Charity

Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

True charity requires courage: Let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need.

Charity feeds the poor, so does pride; charity builds an hospital, so does pride. In this they differ: charity gives her glory to God; pride takes her glory from man.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more.

We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.

Christ commands you to take up His cross and follow Him, not that He may humble you, or lay some penance upon you, but that you may surrender the low self-will and the feeble pride of your sin, and ascend into the sublime patience of heavenly charity.

Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul's beauty.

Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-caluculated less or more.

The Americans make associations to give entertainment, to found seminaries, to build inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books, to send missionaries to the antipodes; in this manner, they found hospitals, prisons and schools.

My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.

I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.

The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.

I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'

The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations.

He who has conferred a benefit on anyone from motives of love or honor will feel pain, if he sees that the benefit is received without gratitude.