Best 1073 quotes in «charity quotes» category

Arbitration is justice blended with charity.

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 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

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

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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

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

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.

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

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

Capital formation is the greatest charity of all.

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.

Charity cures heartaches.

Charity in the theater begins and ends with those who have a play opening within a week of one's own.

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

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.

Charity, till then, had been conscious only of a vague self-disgust and a frightening physical distress; now, of a sudden, there came to her the grave surprise of motherhood.

Charity with a smile shows the donor's character.

Charity work shouldn't be bragged about. It's just something you're supposed to do...I do it because I feel like that's what God wanted me to do. It's as simple as that.

Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.

Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. Cheerfulness itself is a virtue.

Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity; the more we dispense of it, the greater our possession.

Children have but little charity for one another's defects

Charity should be abolished; and be replaced by justice.

Charity, vertical, humiliates. Solidarity, horizontal, helps.

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.

Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.

Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it.

Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue.