Best 1073 quotes in «charity quotes» category

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

The proper education of poor children [is] the ground-work of almost every other kind of charity.... Without this foundation firstlaid, how much kindnessis unavoidably cast away?

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms

The question is not, do we go to church; the question is, have we been converted. The crux of Christianity is not whether or not we give donations to popular charities but whether or not we are really committed to the poor.

The ransoming of captives has been practiced by Jews for many centuries and has been regarded as a greater obligation than charity for the poor.

There are so many angles to follow up: government incompetence, sophisticated charity scams, how insurance companies treat victims, construction of the levees, who will start ripping off the billions of dollars available in new contracts. Every single one of these stories is going to be a big one.

There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.

There are tens of thousands of charities and hundreds of thousands, getting towards millions, of people now using it. And when I flip through it, I'm just blown away by people.

There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.

There is always enough self-love hidden beneath the greatest devoutness to set limits on charity.

There can be no Christianity where there is no charity

There are too many people, and too few human beings.

There is always scope for football to be more charitable but a lot happens already. Personally I have always been passionate about charity.

There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even should we be deceived, still the good to ourselves resulting from a kind act is worth more than the trifle by which we purchase it.

There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.

There is a stupid humility that is quite common and when a person is afflicted with it, he is once and for all disqualified for being a disciple of knowledge.

There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can.

There is small merit in mocking goodness, tweaking charity; it is much more comic to deprive people of their petty little existence for no reason at all, for a lark.

There's always hope... even when there isn't faith. And sometimes, without hope or faith, there must be charity.

There's nothing more rewarding than making a difference doing charity work or being able to be there for a friend.

The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.

The sahara desert the Rapunzel the charity the gifted tales.

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.

The silver ore of pure charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good qualities.

These two criteria are like the pillars of true love: deeds, and the gift of self.

The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart - not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

The spread of online information isn't just good for charities. It's also good for donors. You can go to a site like Charity Navigator, which evaluates nonprofits on their financial health as well as the amount of information they share about their work.

The source of justice is not vengeance but charity.

The spirit of the world encloses four kinds of spirits, diametrically opposed to charity--the spirit of resentment, spirit of aversion, spirit of jealousy and the spirit of indifference.

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others.

The thing about all these charities is that who sees where the money goes? I don't and you don't. For all I know, the president of Make a Wish just used all the money to buy himself a mansion and a yacht. That's why I keep all of my money for myself, at least then I know I'm doing good for at least one person for sure.

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

The time has come to put into practice the charity taught by the masters and priests of all times. The words said between the pigeons' cooing under the sacred porticos of all the temples should now turn into concrete reality.

The union of a sect within itself is a pitiful charity; it's no  concord of Christians, but a conspiracy against Christ; and they  that love one another for their opinionative concurrence, love  for their own sakes, not their Lord's.

The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.

The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.

The wonderful purity of nature at this season is a most pleasing fact.... In the bare fields and tinkling woods, see what virtue survives. In the coldest and bleakest places, the warmest charities still maintain a foothold.

The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity.

The work of volunteers impacts on all our lives, even if we are not aware of it.

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

The worst was relizing that I’d lost him for nothing because he’d been rght about all of it-- vampires, my parents, everything. He’d told me my parents lied. I yelled at him for it. He forgave me. He told me vampires were killers. I told him they weren’t, even after one stalked Raquel. He told me Charity was dangerous. I didn’t listen, and she killed Courtney. He told me vampires were treacherous, and did I get the message? Not until my illusions had been destroyed by my parents’ confession.

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.

This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . .

This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty.

This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . . In these disturbing and distressing times, surely it's cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than it is to defend yourself against them..Justice is the surest way to get peace.

Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.

Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.

To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and charity.

Though we may sometimes unintentionally bestow our beneficence on the unworthy, it does not take from the merit of the act. For charity doth not adopt the vices of its objects.