Charity Quotes - Page 6

Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

Consider God's charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?

Lincoln said, 'With malice toward none, with charity to all.' Nowadays they say, 'Think the way I do or I'll bomb the daylights outta you.'

I think there is an immense shortage of Christian charity among so-called Christians.

A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about one.

Too often, charity is extended to another when his actions or conduct are acceptable to us. The exhibition of charity to another must not be dependent on his performance. It should be given because of who we are-not because of how we behave.

The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune.

It is true that there is a thing crudely called charity, which means charity to the deserving poor; but charity to the deserving is not charity at all, but justice. It is the undeserving who require it, and the ideal either does not exist at all, or exists wholly for them.

So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.

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

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.

Saviour! teach me, day by day, Love's sweet lesson to obey; Sweeter lesson cannot be, Loving Him who first loved me. Charity is the very livery of Christ.

He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of charity to admire a pelican.

I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity.

Instead of exhorting you to augment your charity, I will rather utter an exhortation, or at least a supplication, that you may not abuse your charity by misapplying it.

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.

I am as comfortless as a pilgrim with peas in his shoes - and as cold as Charity, Chastity or any other Virtue.

Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines.

The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.

We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.