Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven. – Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American politician.
When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action. We must speculate no more on our duty, but simply do it. When we have done it, however blindly, perhaps Heaven will show us why.
A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. – Seneca
Find a need and fill it. – Ruth Stafford Peale
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.
Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue that unites men and inspires their noblest efforts. – Conrad Hilton
You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity. – Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author.
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. – Clarence Jordan
In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices. – Elizabeth Gilbert
The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members. – Doris Buffet
Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny. – Princess Diana
As I give, I get. – Margaret Mead
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. – Madame Curie
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. – William James
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Everyman has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it’s a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too. – Albert Schweitzer
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
Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one. – Nicholas Berdyaev
Give, but give until it hurts. – Mother Teresa
I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. – Maya Angelou
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
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