Quotes related to Proverbs 19:17
I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money.
— Mother Teresa
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love.
— Thomas Merton
Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.
— Mother Teresa
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
— Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
No one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
— Joseph Addison
Almsgiving is not a service of God, but of vain-glory, if it spring not from divine love.
— Joseph Alleine
The hunger problem is not going to be solved by government or by industry but in church, among Christians who learn a different way to pursue happiness.
— Eugene Peterson
Mercy to the needy is a loan to God, and God pays back those loans in full.
— Eugene Peterson
I'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate.
— Toni Collette
Memorial stones that we put before God—in the form of prayer and generosity—remind Him of our condition, our need, and our obedience.
— Bill Johnson
Wealth is the progressive realization of worthy goals, the ability to love and have compassion, meaningful and caring relationships.
— Deepak Chopra