Acts Of Charity Quotes

• We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not attempt to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

  Davy Crockett

  Giving, Balance, Charity

  "The Unconstitutional Congress" by Stephen Moore, www.hoover.org. April 01, 1995.

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• The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Life, Sad

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• The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Wise, Prayer, Powerful

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  Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Relationship, Positive

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.18, St. Martin's Press

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• the better angels of our nature

  Abraham Lincoln

  Angel, Civil War, Apocalypse

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861

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• How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an act of charity towards others!

  Pope Francis

  The End Of The Day, Would Be, Charity

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• It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

  Robert Kennedy

  Change, Hope, Courage

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  We have the right as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

  Davy Crockett

  Money, Giving, Charity

  "The Life of Colonel David Crockett". Book by Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1884.

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• To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

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• The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Friendship, Success

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• People are complicated creatures. On the one hand, capable of great acts of charity, and on the other, capable of the most underhanded forms of betrayal. It's a constant battle that rages within all of us, between the better angels of our nature and the temptations of our inner demons. And sometimes, the only way to ward off the darkness is to shine the light of compassion.

  Mary Alice

  Betrayal, Angel, Compassion

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• By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will. Government is created by the people. No individual possesses the power to take another's wealth or to force others to do good, so no government has the the right to do such things either. The creature cannot exceed the creator.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Government, People, Defense

  Ezra Taft Benson (1986). “The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner”, Shadow Mountain

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• One thing will always secure heaven for us-the acts of charity and kindness with which we have filled our lives. We can do no great things, only small things with great love.

  Mother Teresa

  Kindness, Great Love, Heaven

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• Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

  Moliere

  Helping Others, Men, Doe

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• Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Heaven, Charity

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• We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.

  Davy Crockett

  Sympathy, Respect, Balance

  "The Life of Colonel David Crockett". Book by Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1884.

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• Creation comes before distribution -- or there will be nothing to distribute.

  Ayn Rand

  Political, Fountainhead, Creation

  Ayn Rand (1997). “Letters of Ayn Rand”, p.103, Penguin

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• Women hold up the other half of the sky.

  Thomas Sankara

  Sky, Other Half, Half

  Thomas Sankara (1988). “Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Pr

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• Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

  Robert Kennedy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.

  Paul Bloom

  Gratitude, Kindness, Good Life

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• Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective.

  Samora Machel

  Fighting, Charity, Ethics

  Samora Machel (1981). “Mozambique: Sowing the Seeds of Revolution”

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• There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.

  Pope Francis

  Suffering, Overcoming, Charity

  Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex, twitter.com. June 20, 2014.

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