To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike. – Horace Mann (1796-1859) U.S. educator.
The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free. – Robert Brault
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. – Maya Angelou
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. – Mitch Albom
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All, therefore, that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt. – Seneca
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. – St. Francis of Assisi
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog. – Jack London
Having leveled my palace, don’t erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home. – Emily Bronte (1818-1848) British novelist and poet.
Make it a rule… never to lie down at night without being able to say, “I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier or a little better this day.” – Charles Kingsley
Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner. – Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) English author.
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. – Clarence Jordan
Deeds of the giving are the very foundations of the world.
Charity sees the need, not the cause – German Proverb
No joy can equal the joy of serving others. – Sai Baba
Tis not enough to help the feeble up but to support him after. – George Bernard Shaw
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. – Plato
The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.
Being myself no stranger to suffering, I have learned to relieve the sufferings of others. – Booker T. Washington
I will continue to distribute blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing and food on a regular basis, in the hope that my modest efforts will give some comfort to those people we are able to help. – Maya Angelou
Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good. – Anthony Robbins
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