Quotes related to Proverbs 19:17
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do to more for the betterment of life.
— Henry Ford
The charitable system that does not aim to make itself unnecessary is not performing service.
— Henry Ford
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The world's poorest people use the cheapest available fuels - dung and twigs and even leaves.
— Abhijit Banerjee
Charity is the root of all good works.
— St. Augustine
We have set out to promote the work of community and faith-based charities. Government cannot be replaced by charities, but it can welcome them as partners instead of resenting them as rivals.
— George W. Bush
People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.
— Joe Biden
I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.
— Tony Campolo
every organization must contribute in some way to a better world for some group of people, because if it doesn't, it will, and should, go out of business.
— Patrick Lencioni
erring on the side of the client when it comes to fees. Because you're interested in a long-term relationship with a client, it is in your best interest to show them that you are more focused on helping them than you are in maximizing your short-term revenue.
— Patrick Lencioni
Lack of empathy is associated with intelligence, to the point that there is even something of a fashion for it in some places.
— Paul Graham
All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
— Samuel Johnson