Charity Quotes - Page 3

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.

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

Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice.

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

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

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

Charity should be blind to everything but need. Our personal feelings should not determine whose starvation is legitimate.

I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you spend goes to a good cause.

[R]eal charity doesn't mean giving away someone else's money.

Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.

Education cannot be a matter of charity, Education has to be a matter of Right.

Charity is the drowning of justice in the craphole of mercy.

Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. And by the grace of God, I will.

The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring to you increased happiness.

Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.

Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.

Arbitration is justice blended with charity.

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Giving is the highest expression of potency.

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

Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged.

The existence of poverty is the proof of an unjust and ill-organised society, and our public charities are but the first tardy awakening in the conscience of a robber.

Not only does charity begin at home. Everything begins at home, including spirituality.