Quotes about Charity

18 quotes about Charity

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only...

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.

Quote by François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire about charity

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear...

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

Quote by St. Francis Of Assisi about charity

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about charity

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to...

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

Quote by Albert Camus about charity

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who...

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.

Quote by Charles Dickens about charity

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure...

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

Quote by Henry Ford about charity

Linda Gray and I see each other probably twice a month for lunch or dinner with my wife and her boyfriend. We travel often together, we went down to Palm Springs this last weekend to kick off a Charity Benefit for Dennis Weaver who we've both...

Quote by Larry Hagman about charity

I am doing another series for a San Antonio library for a charity called Born to Read. It supports literacy among young kids, trying to encourage kids to read and write.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about charity

I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about charity

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness, to an opponent, tolerance, to a friend, your heart, to your child, a good example, to a father, deference, to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you, to yourself, respect, to all...

Quote by Benjamin Franklin about charity

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, when I...

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, when I give I give myself.

Quote by Walt Whitman about charity

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.

Quote by Edgar Allan Poe about charity

Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.

Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.

Quote by Jacques-Benigne Bossuet about charity

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone...

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

Quote by Jack London about charity

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no...

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Quote by Emanuel Swedenborg about charity

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

Quote by Mary Shelley about charity

Charity is that sweet-smelling savor of Jesus Christ, ...

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

Quote by Jean Baptiste Massillon about charity

Charity begins at home.

Charity begins at home.

Quote by Publius Terentius Afer about charity

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