Quotes about Charity
May all our contemporaries stand beside their brothers and sisters in humanity. Each one of you is called by Christ and must be a missionary of the Good News in word and in active charity.
— Pope Benedict XVI
We should fund the armies of compassion, we should not discriminate against faith-based programs.
— George W. Bush
There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, dignity, and self-respect.
— Ronald Reagan
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
— Andrew Carnegie
To those whom much is given, much is expected.
— John F. Kennedy
Generosity is the best investment.
— Diane von Furstenberg
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
— George Washington
To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.
— Muhammad Ali
Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything.
— Walt Whitman
Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.
— Max Lucado
To those who are given much, much is expected.
— Maya Angelou
Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit? No, but so that your abundance might supply the lack of others.
— St. John Chrysostom