Best 1073 quotes in «charity quotes» category

As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men.

As concerning faith we ought to be invincible, and more hard, if it might be, than the adamant stone; but as touching charity, we ought to be soft, and more flexible than the reed or leaf that is shaken with the wind, and ready to yield to everything.

As far as Martin [Luther] himself is concerned, O good God, what have we overlooked or not done? What fatherly charity have we omitted that we might call him back from such errors?

As every lord giveth a certain livery to his servants, charity is the very livery of Christ. Our Saviour, Who is the Lord above all lords, would have His servants known their badge, which is love.

As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.

A sort of moral blackmail is exerted from both poles. The underclass, one gathers, should be dulled with charity and welfare provision lest it turn nasty. The upper class must likewise be conciliated by vast handouts, lest it lose the "incentive" to go on generating wealth.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.

A woman who wants a charitable heart wants a pure mind.

A survey carried out across the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 showed that frequent church- or synagogue-goers are more likely to give money to charity.

A woman's love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself.

...a young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity.

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

Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts- O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power So to seduce!

Banks and donors and charities claimed to have had successes in Mozambique. I suspected they invented these successes to justify their existence.

Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for

Beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time.

...because with us what is highest must be at the service of others.

Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.

Be Charitable before wealth make thee covetous, and loose not the glory of the Mite.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Being kind to others is a way of being good to yourself.

Be discriminating when dispensing charity. In the name of charity or philanthropy, we tend to do injustice to one's country.

By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.

Beneficence is a duty. He who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized, at length comes really to love him to whom he has done good. When, therefore, it is said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," it is not meant, thou shalt love him first and do him good in consequence of that love, but, thou shalt do good to thy neighbor; and this thy beneficence will engender in thee that love to mankind which is the fulness and consummation of the inclination to do good.

Boundless in your charity, but shrewd and cautious as a lender, you delight all those today whom you made beggars the day before.

But charity is a very complicated thing. Its important to find an area where you can really help and you can feel the results. Charity is not like feeding pigeons in the square. It is a process that requires professional management.

But I want to start a family one day, and be involved in more charities, helping children.

But there are many, and I'm a supporter of a great deal of charities.

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

Capital formation is the greatest charity of all.

Charity cures heartaches.

Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything.

Charity is never so lovely as when one has lost consciousness that one is practicing charity. 'You mean I helped you? I was enjoying myself. I was just doing my dance. It helped you, that's wonderful. Congratulations to you. No credit to me.

Charity is taking an ugly girl to lunch.

Charity is the root of all good works.

Charity and devotion differ no more, the one from the other, than the flame from the fire.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Charity is ... a universal remedy against discord, and an holy cement for mankind.

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

Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run the risk of running into materialism.

Charity is not a potency of the soul, because if it were it would be natural. Nor is it a passion, because it is not in a sensitive potency in which are all passions. Nor is it a habit, because a habit is removed with difficulty; charity, however, is easily lost through one act of mortal sin. Therefore charity is not something created in the soul.

Charity is only as warm as those who administer it.

Charity is that sweet-smelling savor of Jesus Christ, which vanishes and is extinguished from the moment that it is exposed.

Charity may cover a multitude of sins, but success transmutes them into virtues.

Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor.

Charity, like poetry, should be cultivated, if only for its being graceful.

Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table.

Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront.

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.