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Quotes About Charity

...nothing momentous comes in this world unless it comes on the shoulders of kindness.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
No matter how little you have, you can always give some of it away.
~ Catherine Marshall
Scatter seeds of kindness.
~ George Ade
He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself.
~ James M. Barrie
If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.
~ Publilius Syrus
the role of the Do-Gooder is not what actors call a fat part.
~ Margaret Halsey
He that does good to another does good also to himself.
~ Seneca the Younger
We should do good whenever we can and do kindness at all times, for at all times we can.
~ Joseph Joubert
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
~ Nazr Mohammed
Even a little gift may be vast with loving kindness.
~ Theocritus
Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?
~ Henry David Thoreau
If you set out to do a good deed, you may do a hundred small kindnesses on the way.
~ Sarah Doudney
The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.
~ William Law
Small kindnesses often, unintentionally, produce the biggest payoffs.
~ Richard Paul Evans
A kindness is never wasted
~ Aesop
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on 'Twas not given for thee alone Pass it on Let it travel down the years Let it wipe another's tears Til in Heaven the deed appears - Pass it on.
~ Rev. Henry Burton
a small amount of kindness can make a large amount of difference
~ J. Yates
Be kind to everyone you meet.Give a little bit of yourself to mankind.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
The greatest gift you can open is your heart to someone in need.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Ser filántropo conllevaba una cierta arrogancia, no era para sentimentales.
~ Javier Moro
From doing to listening in the end, the most important thing is not to do things for people who are poor and in distress, but to enter into relationship with them, to be with them and help them find confidence in themselves and discover their own gifts. . . . The promise of Jesus is to help us discover that the poor are a source of life and not just objects of our charity.
~ Jean Vanier
We had a bishop this morning and what do you think he said? "The most beneficent promise made us in the Bible is this,'The poor ye have always with you.' They were put here in order to keep us charitable." The poor, please observe, being a sort of useful domestic animal. If I hadn't grown into such a perfect lady, I should have gone up after service and told him what I thought.
~ Jean Webster
The aim of the John Grier Home (as you doubtless know and heartily approve of) is to turn the ninety-seven orphans into ninety-seven twins.
~ Jean Webster
In our open society, we are inclined to give to the less fortunate for the pure goodness of giving. We open our home to those who are alone on this holiday to spread some warmth into the life of another.
~ Jeff Miller