Charity Quotes

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Getters don't get -- givers get.

Getters don't get -- givers get.

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Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Thomas J. Peters

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He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

He that bringeth a present findeth the door open.

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They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've

They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball.

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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

John D. Rockefeller

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In charity there is no excess.

In charity there is no excess.

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Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in tur

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Earl Nightingale

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With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.

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The organized charity, scrimped and iced, in the name of a c

The organized charity, scrimped and iced, in the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.

John Boyle O'Reilly

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A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green m

A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.

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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

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I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

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Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really you

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

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Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with i

Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all. Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect and not as a man with a grievance. Almsgiving is the generosity of the rich; social aid levels up social inequalities. Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.

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Sometimes when I'm swimming, I think that maybe someday I'll

Sometimes when I'm swimming, I think that maybe someday I'll put my red Speedo up for auction. Or maybe I'll donate it to the Smithsonian. They can stuff it with two plums and a gherkin and put it on display.

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The charitable give out the door and God puts it back throug

The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.

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The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.

The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.

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You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can

You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest.

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To give is to receive...

To give is to receive...

Gerald G. Jampolsky

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Nature does not give to those who will not spend...

Nature does not give to those who will not spend...

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