charity

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
5895de0	For attractive lips, speak words of kindness	misattributed-audrey-hepburn kindness beauty inspirational charity	Sam Levenson
f1ff158	While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.	compassion brotherly-love charity	Chinua Achebe
58016d5	Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.	compassion greed humanity inspirational volunteerism charity helping-others	Horace Mann
27afe35	Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.	activist beautiful-personatlity beautiful-soul fathers giving-heart helping-out homeless-tent-community jealousy marine-life-conservation medical-missions motivators openess outward-beauty people-of-action real-people rescuers search-and-rescue time true-beauty prayer writing compassion inspiration philosophy truth inspirational empathetic takers communicators perspectives inner-beauty tender givers loving charity mothers community friendships service reflection judgement vanity aging	Shannon L. Alder
b5ebfbe	"But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"	charity	Charles Dickens
b3f935c	Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.	goodness death inspirational charity help	Marcus Aurelius
56566cd	Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible.	willpower charity consequences	C.S. Lewis
93951e0	The poor you will always have with you,' Jesus said. A warning, Emilio wondered, or an indictment?	charity	Mary Doria Russell
744c618	Saint Augustine ... insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to preach hatred and was not conducive to love must be interpreted allegorically and made to speak of charity.	christianity saint-augustine charity scripture	Karen Armstrong
dbd8207	Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money, and that's what allows they to be noble. They don't really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.	wealth charitable-acts wealthy charity nobility	Margaret Atwood
36dbedc	The most powerful thought is a prayerful thought. When I'm praying for you, I am praying for my own peace of mind. I can only have for myself what I am willing to wish for you.	prayer kindness empathy compassion blessings-quotes peace-of-mind prayer-quotes prayerful-habits prayerful-life prayers-answered wish-creation wishes-fulfilled power-of-love giving charity sharing generosity selflessness prosperity inner-peace thoughtful power-of-thoughts	Marianne Williamson
e513a31	"As they were walking, a beggar came up, holding his hand out and crying, "Baksheesh! Baksheesh!" Mike kept on going but Mitchell stopped. Digging into his pocket, he pulled out twenty paise and placed it in the beggar's dirty hand. Mike said, "I used to give to beggars when I first came here. But then I realized, it's hopeless. It never stops." "Jesus said you should give to whoever asks you," Mitchell said. "Yeah, well," Mike said, "obviously Jesus was never in Calcutta."	poverty jesus calcutta charity poor	Jeffrey Eugenides
7f39749	Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need, though it be your example which leaves them far behind. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon it to them.	money charity poor	Henry David Thoreau
5960253	From 15 to 18 is an age at which one is very sensitive to the sins of others, as I know from recollections of myself. At that age you don't look for what is hidden. It is a sign of maturity not to be scandalized and to try to find explanations in charity.	explanations-in-charity sign-of-maturity scandal sins charity maturity hidden	Flannery O'Connor
fe19ab2	We are oblivious to suffering. We are cheap with charity if it's not close to our home.	suffering charity	Bill Maher
44bd3e5	Africa was full of people in need of help and there had to be a limit. You simply could not help everybody; but you could at least help those who came into your life. That principle allowed you to deal with the suffering you saw. That was your suffering. Other people would have to deal with the suffering that they, in their turn, came across.	human-suffering charity	Alexander McCall Smith
dfc7343	Hard times' is a phrase the English love to use, when speaking of Africa. And it is easy to forget that Africa's 'hard times' were made harder by them.	irony charity hardship race pity	Alice Walker
857e3f9	Only by having a sense of history's trajectory (even if one does not believe in Parousia) can one love earthly reality and believe--with charity--that there is still room for Hope.	history christianity reality religion hope parousia charity catholicism christian	Umberto Eco
553e6ad	I've been very active in a lot of charities because I firmly believe that much is expected of those to whom much has been given	charity	Mary Higgins Clark

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness

misattributed-audrey-hepburn kindness beauty inspirational charity

Sam Levenson

f1ff158

While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

compassion brotherly-love charity

Chinua Achebe

58016d5

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

compassion greed humanity inspirational volunteerism charity helping-others

Horace Mann

27afe35

Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.

activist beautiful-personatlity beautiful-soul fathers giving-heart helping-out homeless-tent-community jealousy marine-life-conservation medical-missions motivators openess outward-beauty people-of-action real-people rescuers search-and-rescue time true-beauty prayer writing compassion inspiration philosophy truth inspirational empathetic takers communicators perspectives inner-beauty tender givers loving charity mothers community friendships service reflection judgement vanity aging

Shannon L. Alder

b5ebfbe

"But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"

charity

Charles Dickens

b3f935c

Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.

goodness death inspirational charity help

Marcus Aurelius

56566cd

Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible.

willpower charity consequences

C.S. Lewis

93951e0

The poor you will always have with you,' Jesus said. A warning, Emilio wondered, or an indictment?

charity

Mary Doria Russell

744c618

Saint Augustine ... insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to preach hatred and was not conducive to love must be interpreted allegorically and made to speak of charity.

christianity saint-augustine charity scripture

Karen Armstrong

dbd8207

Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money, and that's what allows they to be noble. They don't really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.

wealth charitable-acts wealthy charity nobility

Margaret Atwood

36dbedc

The most powerful thought is a prayerful thought. When I'm praying for you, I am praying for my own peace of mind. I can only have for myself what I am willing to wish for you.

prayer kindness empathy compassion blessings-quotes peace-of-mind prayer-quotes prayerful-habits prayerful-life prayers-answered wish-creation wishes-fulfilled power-of-love giving charity sharing generosity selflessness prosperity inner-peace thoughtful power-of-thoughts

Marianne Williamson

e513a31

"As they were walking, a beggar came up, holding his hand out and crying, "Baksheesh! Baksheesh!" Mike kept on going but Mitchell stopped. Digging into his pocket, he pulled out twenty paise and placed it in the beggar's dirty hand. Mike said, "I used to give to beggars when I first came here. But then I realized, it's hopeless. It never stops." "Jesus said you should give to whoever asks you," Mitchell said. "Yeah, well," Mike said, "obviously Jesus was never in Calcutta."

poverty jesus calcutta charity poor

Jeffrey Eugenides

7f39749

Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need, though it be your example which leaves them far behind. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon it to them.

money charity poor

Henry David Thoreau

5960253

From 15 to 18 is an age at which one is very sensitive to the sins of others, as I know from recollections of myself. At that age you don't look for what is hidden. It is a sign of maturity not to be scandalized and to try to find explanations in charity.

explanations-in-charity sign-of-maturity scandal sins charity maturity hidden

Flannery O'Connor

fe19ab2

We are oblivious to suffering. We are cheap with charity if it's not close to our home.

suffering charity

Bill Maher

44bd3e5

Africa was full of people in need of help and there had to be a limit. You simply could not help everybody; but you could at least help those who came into your life. That principle allowed you to deal with the suffering you saw. That was your suffering. Other people would have to deal with the suffering that they, in their turn, came across.

human-suffering charity

Alexander McCall Smith

dfc7343

Hard times' is a phrase the English love to use, when speaking of Africa. And it is easy to forget that Africa's 'hard times' were made harder by them.

irony charity hardship race pity

Alice Walker

857e3f9

Only by having a sense of history's trajectory (even if one does not believe in Parousia) can one love earthly reality and believe--with charity--that there is still room for Hope.

history christianity reality religion hope parousia charity catholicism christian

Umberto Eco

553e6ad

I've been very active in a lot of charities because I firmly believe that much is expected of those to whom much has been given

charity

Mary Higgins Clark