994 Quotes About Charity

There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even should we be deceived, still the good to ourselves resulting from a kind act is worth more than the trifle by which we purchase it.

No one writes about my charity work, they'd rather write about me dancing on a table, which I've never done.

I've never taken a penny from a charity, and they know it. I've always paid my taxes, and they know it. I think it's personal at this point.

We've decided that we will take a share of the money and donate it to charity.

The world does not have time to be with the poor, to learn with the poor, to listen to the poor. To listen to the poor is an exercise of great discipline, but such listening surely is what is required if charity is not to become a hatred of the poor for being poor.

A woman who wants a charitable heart wants a pure mind.

Everyone's having a good time ? it's for charity. But the firemen are probably a little upset right now.

I had no inkling of how crazy the political life would turn out to be. You shuttle between your constituency and Ottawa, you try to make every barbecue, festival, parade and charity run, but sometimes you feel pulled in 14 directions at once.

Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.