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Partial justice may exist with hatred; full justice requires charity. — Austin O'Malley

It's appalling how much money raised at some charity events gets wasted on paying personnel and admin staff. — Jasmine Guinness

The Red Cross irritated Ugwu; the least they could do was ask Biafrans their preferred foods rather than sending so much bland flour. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Dress yourself in the silks of benevolence because kindness makes you beautiful. — Richelle E. Goodrich

It promotes charity, courage, contentment, and many other evils. — C.S. Lewis

There are two things you should know about the poor: they tend to smell, and they are ungrateful. — Dorothy Day

In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given. — George MacDonald

The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves. — P.T. Barnum

Love is the highest prayer; as God is love, God cannot ignore Himself. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I think it's important to be involved with charities that don't necessarily reflect what you're dealing with in your life. — Chelsea Handler

Think twice as much as others.
Study twice as much as others.
Work twice as much as others.
Give twice as much as others. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance. — Clarence Darrow

The Celebrity Charity Industrial Complex Makes a Mockery of Compassion — Dean Cavanagh

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in. — Abraham Lincoln

It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other. — James Madison

Practicing charity is the best way to evangelize. — Pope Francis

There is always scope for football to be more charitable but a lot happens already. Personally I have always been passionate about charity. — David Beckham

A woman's love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself. — Christian Nestell Bovee

The runes moved under my fingers as the fabric of space split and fluctuated within the confines of the portal. — Charity Bradford

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich. — Evita Peron

What are the boundaries of charity? When started, where does it morally end? — Tatjana Soli

Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim. — Clement Attlee

All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity. — Elbert Hubbard

Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves. — John Calvin

There are moments when great music can be the greatest service and charity. — Michael Leunig

The promise to save or create a 'perfect' humanity is almost always only and excuse for the urge to rule it. — Moxie Will

You always enter God's hospital as a charity patient. You can't pay your way. — Vance Havner

A benefactor is a representative of God. — Benjamin Whichcote

Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others. — Simon S. Tam

Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront. — Edward Abbey

I knit for Caps for Good - a charity that gives hats to Third World babies - while I watch movies with friends. — Isabelle Fuhrman

I tried to fix her but should have remembered the number one rule about fixing broken people: you always get stuck with their sharp edges. — Charity Ferrell

If Heaven was a summer sky and a TV left on mute, then the Underworld was a starry night and an electric guitar with amps. — Charity Parkerson

Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves. — Honore De Balzac

Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself. — Amos Bronson Alcott

All we have is "One Life", so go for IT! — Shannon L. Alder

The church wanted us to give out food to malnourished children, but they didn't want us to question why they were malnourished to begin with. — Elvia Alvarado

We never think lightly of those who walk with us on our uphill days. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Poverty comes pleading not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

A Good Samaritan is not simply one whose heart is touched in an immediate act of care and charity, but one who provides a system of sustained care. — James A. Forbes

If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet. — Nancy Lopez

Charity begins at home. — Robert A. Caro

The smallest act of charity shall stand us in great stead. — Francis Atterbury

Charity is the daughter of love. — Matshona Dhliwayo

In the hell of the well-intentioned. That was how he referred to the charity balls my mother helped organize. — Jan-Philipp Sendker

Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom. — William Arthur Ward

I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting bread upon the waters. — Leonard Nimoy

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity. — Anne Baxter

Whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it. — Michel De Montaigne

Don't rush to fellowship at the church, temple or mosque if you don't do so at the house - first. "Charity begins at home". — T.F. Hodge

Act always from a sense of common humanity, and let God judge if it be charity. — Robert Breault

Michael Jackson's charity efforts? Mmm. I'm sure they have nothing to do with his molestation charges. — Christian Finnegan

How can we know the true meaning of charity if we don't even know how to help those closest to us? — Sarah Addison Allen

Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it. — Mason Cooley

I think charity begins with your family and you take it from there. — Caprice Bourret

It is a capital blunder; as you discover, when another man recites his charities. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do I give money to charity and help old-lady zombies across streets so that they can bite babies? — Mira Grant

When I fed the hungry, they called me a saint. When I asked why people are hungry, they called me a communist. Charity — Shane Claiborne

however many thousands the charity raised, it could not solve the problem: people. — Nick Holdstock

Before reciting his prayers, a man should give to charity. — Nachman Of Breslov

There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can. — Vincent De Paul

I beg you, help me, in angelic charity,
Pray my efforts will reflect your mastery! — E.A. Bucchianeri

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable. — Charles Caleb Colton

Gently to hear, kindly to judge. — William Shakespeare

Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter. — Padre Pio

A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he has done to his fellowmen. — Mahatma Gandhi

Arbitration is justice blended with charity. — Nachman Of Breslov

The idea that we should augment the wealth of the richest 1 per cent so they have more to spend on charity is trickle-down theory in its baldest form. — Linsey McGoey

I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something. — Carolina Herrera

Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue. — Garth Nix

Charity is a nice gesture, but it only offers temporary relief. But if he can change the law, the benefits for the poor will last longer. — Aya Ling

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. — Ralph Nader

It's hard to make things right for everyone."

"But if everybody helped just one person, lots of people would get helped. — Linwood Barclay

I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy. — Wyclef Jean

I've been doing a lot of stuff that has to do with charity and giving. I'm trying to give and not take as much. — Mark Indelicato

How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor! — Hosea Ballou

Lincoln said, 'With malice toward none, with charity to all.' Nowadays they say, 'Think the way I do or I'll bomb the daylights outta you.' — Lionel Barrymore

I did charity events with the Cup all the time. — Patrick Kane

With malice towards none; with charity for all ... — Abraham Lincoln

Many love humanity only in order to forget God with a clear conscience. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

She laughed at bad jokes, stayed out too late, and overslept too often. Charity Hill loved holidays and she hated budgets and the alarm clock. — Elizabeth Jane Howard

Charity ... is kind, it is not easily provok'd, it thinks no evil, it believes all things, hopes all things. — Cotton Mather

Make a donation or a charity or volunteer your time this month to help others less fortunate than yourself. — Demi Lovato

In today's Republican Party, there's a term for people who hate charity and love killing: 'Christian.' — Bill Maher

Charity is that sweet-smelling savor of Jesus Christ, which vanishes and is extinguished from the moment that it is exposed. — Jean Baptiste Massillon

A young nurse is standing close behind me wondering whether she is being drawn by my power or her charity. — Leonard Cohen

Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God. — St. Catherine Of Siena

There is always enough self-love hidden beneath the greatest devoutness to set limits on charity. — Madeleine De Souvre, Marquise De ...

True charity consists in this: that those whose needs are greatest receive first.25 — G.R. Evans

Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world. — Thomas Browne

If your religion does not change you, then you should change your religion — Elbert Hubbard

The greatest sin is to do nothing because you can only do a little. — Edmund Burke

Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor. — Pope Leo XIII

I would like to do all kinds of things: photography and art and designing; I want to help do charity things for animals and things like that. — Georgia May Jagger

Private charity can apply 'tough love' but government charity can't. — James Cook

Justice comes before charity. — Pope John XXIII

Even the poor should give something to charity. — Nachman Of Breslov

All knowledge is sterile which does not lead to action and end in charity. — Desire-Joseph Mercier

In truth, it requires not only a large intellect, but a large heart, to judge with becoming charity of the peculiar temptations of riches. — Shirley Bassey