Quotes About Charity

Divided as we may be by religion, we are united by charity.

We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for others

There is no higher religion than human service.

So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.

Answering a letter from a church asking what else they should try after having failed to raise enough money on bake sales, bazaars, suppers, etc. Why not try religion?

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

The church of the Lord is spread over all the globe, and is thus universal; and all those are in it who have lived in the good of charity in accordance with their religion.

I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow's tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan's mouth.

In every human act of charity, something larger, greater, divine has come down to visit the act.

You cannot separate charity and religion.

I do benefits for all religions. ... I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.

Saying of the ProphetDistributionGod it is who gives: I am only a distributor.

We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.

The only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a wide tolerance, a sincere respect for opinions that are not ours.

To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To you, respect.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

What is the duty of a Latter-day Saint? To do all the good he can upon the earth.

The doctrines contained in the Bible will lift to a superior condition all who observe them; they will impart to them knowledge, wisdom, charity, fill them with compassion and cause them to feel after the wants of those who are in distress.

The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me' (Mark 14:7).

The idea that the government—any government—had a responsibility to help support those of able body who couldn't support themselves was alien. That was charity, and charity was the province of churches or local associations and in no way the responsibility of government.

The idea that the government—any government—had a responsibility to help support those of able body who couldn't support themselves was alien. That was charity, and charity was the province of churches or local associations and in no way the responsibility of government. Yet those attitudes

Peaceful death is really an essential human right," he writes, "more essential perhaps even than the right to vote or the right to justice; it is a right on which, all religious traditions tell us, a great deal depends for the well-being and spiritual future of the dying person.… There is no greater gift of charity you can give than helping a person to die well.

When you give a man a dole you deny him his dignity, and when you deny him his dignity you rob him his destiny.

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage.