And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. (1 Corinthians 13:13)
Charity Quotes
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions. He had money as well.
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have […]
We still have to find some way of combining Christian charity with sensible social policy.
It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)
If you give money, spend yourself with it.
Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us admission.
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.
