Quotes About Charity

By 1910, medicine and education had emerged as the top priorities of the Rockefeller philanthropies

On November 26, 1799, she gave birth to her seventh child, Eliza, but she continued to shelter strays and waifs, a practice that she and Alexander had started in adopting Fanny Antill.

In its thirty-year existence, the GEB dispensed $130 million, equal to more than $1 billion today.

Paradoxically, it was the philanthropic effort that most frustrated him and most frequently violated his charitable principles.

Wanting to dedicate himself to philanthropy

My change is five cents short," Rockefeller declared.

The only thing removed by Rockefeller were the worn carpets, which he donated to the needy through a local church.

Gates had to take account of the many things that Rockefeller had ruled off-limits, such as funding social-welfare agencies.

Rockefeller tried to expand his disbursements to keep pace with his mounting income, and his donations nearly doubled from $61,000 in 1881 to $119,000 three years later.

Like many donors, Rockefeller wished to give freely, but Harper was constantly trying to speed up the process.

Can I aske forgiveness for someone else, someone whose already dead? Yes, you can. Of course you can. And you can give charity in their name and you can recite the Qur'an for their sake. All these things will reach them, your prayers will ease the hardship and loneliness of their grave or it will reach them in bright, beautiful gifts. Gifts to unwrap and enjoy and they will know that this gift is from you.

Money is like grass. It withers. [... ] but our deeds last forever.

It is the one of the great secrets of life that those things are most worth doing,we do for others.

I hear they feed you in Sing Sing," Evie muttered. "Three squares a day." "Evangeline," Will said with a sigh. "Charity begins at home." "So does mental illness.

We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.

This society is not only to relieve the poor, but to save souls.

Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined.

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can pay everyone who works for you.

It does not matter how much we donate it matters whether the donation is meaningful. How to define meaningful? Let society and history judge.

For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

For me, spiritual means love in action. So if you are working for love, then you are a spiritual person.

No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.