Charity Quotes

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Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an al

Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving?

Francis Atterbury

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Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his ha

Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it were conscience money. He, on his side, took it as though it were a doctor's fee, and both ignored the transaction.

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You only get to keep what you give away.

You only get to keep what you give away.

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In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to

In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

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Heart of my heart, were it more,More would be laid at your f

Heart of my heart, were it more,More would be laid at your feet.Buck Mulligan, upon giving the old milk maid a coin

James Joyce, Ulysses

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Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Mary Catherine Bateson

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It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and ke

It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.

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What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left,

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

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In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever goo

In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

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The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncha

The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.

J. S. Buckminster

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Giving half answers won't make the conversation half as long

Giving half answers won't make the conversation half as long.

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Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

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All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in

All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate.

Walter Benjamin

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All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and mo

All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

Alexander Maclaren

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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a fo

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

Jean de La Fontaine

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A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

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He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.

He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.

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We are rich only through what we give; and poor only through

We are rich only through what we give; and poor only through we refuse and keep.

Madame Swetchine

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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

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