Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us admission.
Charity Quotes
Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind. Nay, it is greatly overrated; and it is our selfishness which overrates it.
Charity begins at home and generally dies from lack of out – of – door exercise; sympathy travels abroad extensively.
Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
Real charity doesn’t care if it’s tax deductible or not.
In all the ages, three-fourths of the support of the great charities has been conscience money.
A charitable man is like an apple tree – he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the hen.
Let your heart feel for the affliction, and distress of every one; let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering always the estimation of the Widows mite. But, that it is not every one who asketh, that deserveth charity; all however are worthy of the enquiry, or the deserving may suffer.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything.
