Charity And Giving Quotes

• Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

  John Wesley

  Life, Motivational, Christmas

  'Rule of Conduct' in 'Letters' (1915)

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• No one has ever become poor by giving.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Morning, Kindness

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• No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Life, Leadership, Motivational Sports

  Calvin Coolidge (1920). “Law and Order”

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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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• While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Helping Others, Making A Difference, Charity

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• Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.

  Mother Teresa

  Helping Others, Charity, Giving Help

  Mother Teresa (1995). “A Simple Path-Open Market”

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• The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

  Henry Ford

  Life, Money, Inspiration

  Henry Ford (2015). “My Life and Work: Top Biography”, p.130, 谷月社

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• Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Norman MacEwen

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

  John Bunyan

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

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• Happiness is a wondrous commodity: the more you give, the more you have.

  Madame de Stael

  Giving, Charity, Fountainhead

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  Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspiration, People, Giving

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• The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little.

  Edmund Burke

  Making A Difference, Charity, Littles

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• Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Appreciation, Responsibility, Helping Others

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• Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

  C. S. Lewis

  Prayer, Helping Others, Giving

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• The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

  Nelson Henderson

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

  "Under Whose Shade". Book by Wesley Henderson, 1982.

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• Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.

  Mother Teresa

  Helping Others, Love Is, Hands

  Mother Teresa (1995). “A Simple Path-Open Market”

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• And there is no use whatever, gentlemen, trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Helping Others, Help And Support, People

  "The Empire of Business".

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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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• I am but a small pencil in the hand of a writing God

  Mother Teresa

  Writing, Hands, Making A Difference

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

  Maya Angelou

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.11, Bantam

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  I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

  William Penn

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Thinking, Helping Others

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• Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

  Peter Singer

  Mean, Giving, Justice

  Peter Singer (2010). “The Life You Can Save: How to play your part in ending world poverty”, p.21, Pan Macmillan

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• To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Love, Humble, Helping Others

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