Quotes About Charity

And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded. —Matthew 10:42

If you have two shirts, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry. —Luke 3:11

And the King will say, "I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!" —Matthew 25:40

Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to help them. —Proverbs 3:27

Sharing what we have with others expresses God's love. — Betty J. Dalrymple

Rain symbolizes mercy and sunlight charity, but rain and sunlight are better than mercy and charity. Otherwise they would degrade the things they symbolize.

The Wife of Bath A good Wife was there from Bath. She was somewhat deaf, and that was a pity. Of cloth-making had she such a skill that she surpassed even the weavers of Ypres and of Ghent. In all the Parish there was no Wife who dared precede her to the offering at Mass; and, if perchance one did, it was certain so wrathful was she that she forgot all thoughts of charity.

This Palamon answered, "I do agree." And, thus, did they part till the morrow, when each of them had pledged upon his faith to return. Oh, Cupid, who knows no Charity! Oh, Monarch, who reigns alone! Truly is it said that neither Love nor Lordship will willingly brook any challenge, as full well have Arcita and Palamon found.

Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for Me. For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always." (Matthew 26:10–11)

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

But we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.

These charitable people never know vinegar from wine till they have swallowed it and got the colic.

There is a power in the direct glance of a sincere and loving human soul, which will do more to dissipate prejudice and kindle charity than the most elaborate arguments.

Still — if I have read religious history aright — faith, hope, and charity have not always been found in a direct ratio with a sensibility to the three concords, and it is possible — thank Heaven! — to have very erroneous theories and very sublime feelings. The

Incidentally, charity for the "deserving" few costs a lot less than taxes to provide resources for the benefit of all.

I created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.

Camila Batmanghelidjh of Kids Company - what a wonderful woman.

I feel enormously proud to be part of East Anglia's Children's Hospices and to see the wonderful life-changing work that you do.

When we started out, I kept wondering, what are the rules of philanthropy? And it turns out that there are rules for it. And nobody could talk about that. There is no set formula for this because anything with a human being cannot have a formula.

I feel very honored to have been asked to sign for Rovers, and being able to help both the club and the amazing charity Bluebell Wood is what it's all about.

Live Aid was a baby Woodstock, a child of Woodstock, which I call Globalstock.

Paloma wool and all of the British Heart Foundation shops - I love checking out the latest donations to find quality, preloved pieces that no one else will have.

The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment, and self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man.