Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old charity quotes, charity sayings, and charity proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
People that trust wholly to others’ charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.William J. Temple
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No one has ever become poor by giving.Amme Frank
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He who wished to secure the good of others,
Has already secured his own.Confucius
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If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.Bob Hope
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All we need is to build human relations with our deeds. That‘s only thing that lasts forever.Nana Patekar
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No one has ever become poor by giving.Anne Frank
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Charity sees the need, not the cause.Anonymous/ German Proverb
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He who has no charity deserves no mercy.Anonymous/ English Proverb
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When you have more than you need, build a longer table not a higher fence.Anonymous
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.Francis of Assisi
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.Bodhidharma
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The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head.Ivan Panin
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He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.Confucius
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In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.Anne Baxter
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You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.John Bunyan
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Wishing good, merely, is a lukewarm charity; but doing good is divine.James Lendall Basford
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It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.Mother Theresa
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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.Albert Pine
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Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed onto mankind.Conrad Hilton
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We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.Dr. Loretta Scott
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The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles.Henry Ward Beecher
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If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.Mother Theresa
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That charity which longs to publish itself ceases to be charity.Eliza Cook
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All we need is to build human relations with our deeds. That‘s only thing that lasts forever.Nana Patekar
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There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.John Holmes
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.Aesop
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True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.Emanuel Swedenborg
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People that trust wholly to others' charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.William J. Temple
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Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.Samuel Johnson
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He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving, has but glanced at the joys of charity.Anne Swetchine
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It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.Kahlil Gibran
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.Jack London
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Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.Thomas Aquinas
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Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.Mother Theresa
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Charity is the root of all good works.Saint Augustine
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When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.Maya Angelou
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.John D. Rockefeller Jr
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As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.Victor Hugo
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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
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While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate.Jackson Brown Jr.
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Charity begins at home, but should not end there.Thomas Fuller
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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.Winston Churchill
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If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.Bob Hope