Quotes About Charity

when you give bread to a beggar we give him that taste of paradise which only the poor can savor.

People say you should give until it hurts. I say you should give until it stops hurting. Know what I mean?

It's not what you get, but what you give that is God's true measure of a life.

This was not a considered decision. Nor was it a gesture of charity, draped in a warm mantle of maternal kindness. No, this was an act of intuition, sprung from a deep and unspoken feminine knowledge of how the world functions.

I was not unsympathetic with John's mood, but I did hope he was not about to transfer his affections from Charity to the mummy. Charity had not encouraged him, but there can be no more unresponsive recipient of love than a woman who has been dead for seventeen hundred years, give or take a century.

It makes one very humble to see oneself surrounded by such a wealth of beauty and perfection anonymously lavished, and to think of the infinite meanness of our own grudging charities, and how displeased we are if they are not promptly and properly appreciated. I do sincerely trust that the benediction that is always awaiting me in my garden may by degrees be more deserved, and that I may grow in grace, and patience, and cheerfulness, just like the happy flowers I so much love.

If we cannot be clever, we can always be kind.

Envy destroys good deeds

Generosity is to help a deserving person without his request, and if you help him after his request, then it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke.

Do not feel ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to refuse the needy is an act of greater shame.

Silence will create respect and dignity; justice and fairplay will bring more friends; benevolence and charity will enhance prestige and position; courtesy will draw benevolence; service of mankind will secure leadership and good words will overcome powerful enemies.

Defend your faith (in God) with the help of charity. Protect your wealth with the aid of Zakat. Let the prayers guard you from calamities and disasters.

Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.

Anyone who gives wings to another's shoulders, and then along the way gradually spreads out a hidden net, extinguishes completely the ardent charity enkindled by love precisely where it most desires to burn.

I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life.

Giving was better than getting

The law is that the hungry must be fed, and the homeless must be housed, and the sick must be healed. That is the way of the Light." Maerad

3. Toda a moral de Jesus se resume na caridade e na humildade, isto é, nas duas virtudes contrárias ao egoísmo e ao orgulho.

Queridos amigos; todos los días oigo decir entre vosotros: "Soy pobre, no puedo hacer caridad"; y veo también que os falta la indulgencia para vuestros semejantes; nada les perdonáis, y os constituís en jueces, a menudo severos, sin preguntaros si estaríais satisfechos de que hicieran otro tanto con vosotros. ¿Acaso la indulgencia no es también caridad? Los que sólo podéis hacer la caridad indulgente, hacedla al menos, pero hacedla con grandeza.

La caridad y la fraternidad no se decretan con leyes; si no están en el corazón, el egoísmo las ahogará siempre; hacérselas penetrar, es obra del Espiritismo.

la pobreza es para los unos la prueba de la paciencia y de la resignación, y la riqueza es para los otros la prueba de la caridad y de la abnegación.

os princípios da verdadeira caridade, que são: a benevolência, a indulgência, a abnegação e o devotamento.

La historia de la cristiandad habla de los mártires que iban al suplicio con alegría; hoy, en vuestra sociedad, no hay necesidad, para ser cristiano, ni del holocausto, ni del martirio, ni del sacrificio de la vida, sino única y sencillamente del sacrificio de vuestro egoísmo, de vuestro orgullo y de vuestra vanidad. Triunfaréis si la caridad os inspira y si la fe os sostiene. (Espíritu protector, Cracovia, 1861).

Cuando la ley de amor y de caridad sea la ley de la humanidad, ya no habrá egoísmo: el débil y el pacífico ya no serán explotados ni pisoteados por el fuerte y el violento. Tal será el estado de la Tierra cuando, según la ley del progreso y la promesa de Jesús, venga a ser un mundo feliz por la expulsión de los malos.