Inspirational Quotes on Charity

“Christian life consists in faith and charity.”

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.”

“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.”

“The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain.”

“We ought to be people of compassion. And being people of compassion means we deny ourselves, and our self centeredness.”

“Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.”

“In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.”

“God has chosen us to help one another.”

“He is truly great who hath a great charity.”

“It is the glory of the true religion that it inculcates and inspires a spirit of benevolence. It is a religion of charity, which none other ever was. Christ went about doing good; he set the example to his disciples, and they abounded in it.”

“Charity begins at home, but should not end there.”

“Charity sees the need, not the cause.”

“He that rightly understands the reasonableness and excellency of charity will know that it can never be excusable to waste any of our money in pride and folly.”

“There is an Angel called Charity who often would save our hearts a great deal of trouble if we would but let her in.”

“You've got to become human before the physical cravings are distinguishable from affections - just as you have to become spiritual before affections are distinguishable from charity.”

“What did you say about charity for example? Yet the pleasure of bestowing charity is arrogant and immoral, a rich man's pleasure in his own wealth, power and importance compared with that of a pauper. Charity corrupts both the giver and receiver; in addition, it doesn't achieve its purpose because it merely intensifies the poverty.”

“I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor.”

“Money is like manure. If you let it pile up, it just smells. But if you spread it around, you can encourage things to grow.”

“We overcome the evil in the world by the charity and compassion of God, and in so doing we drive all evil out of our own hearts. The evil that is in us is more than moral. There is a psychological evil, the distortion caused by selfishness and sin. Good moral intentions are enough to correct what is formally bad in our moral acts. But in order that our charity may heal the wounds of sin in our whole soul it must reach down into the furthest depths of our humanity, cleaning out all the infection of anxiety and false guilt that spring from pride and fear, releasing the good that has been held back by suspicion and prejudice and self-conceit. Everything in our nature must find its right place in the life of charity, so that the whole man may be lifted up to God, that the entire person may be sanctified and not only the intentions of his will.”