Quotations on Charity - Quotations and Proverbs on Charity

Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world. – Thomas Browne
Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor. – German Proverb
The place of charity, like that of God, is everywhere. – Quarles
This only is charity, to do all, all that we can. – John Donne
Charity should be opposed on the grounds of principle, not of stinginess. – Karl Kraus
If a thief helps a poor man out of the spoils of his thieving, we must not call that charity. – Dante De Monarchia
No greater charity can be bestowed upon suffering humanity than right knowledge that leads to right action. – W. Q. Judge
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven. – Henry Ward Beecher
That charity, which longs to publish itself, ceases to be charity. – Hutton
As the purse is emptied the heart is filled. – Victor Hugo
Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion. – Addison
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. – Samuel Johnson
With malice towards none; with charity for all. – Abraham Lincoln
To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. – Mother Teresa
The living needs charity more than the dead. – George Arnold
In Charity there is no excess. – Francis Bacon
The canal loves to think that rivers exist solely to supply it with water. – Rabindranath Tagore
Charity begins at home, but should not end there. – Proverb
He who gives money he has not earned is generous with other people’s labour. G. Bernard Shaw
It is more blessed to give than to receive. – The Bible
Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity, when I give, I give myself. – Walt Whitman
The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, lie scattered at the feet of men like flowers. – Wordsworth
The charitable man is loved by all; his friendship is prized highly. – Lord Buddha
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. – Tennessee Williams
No people do so much harm as those who go about doing good. – Mandell Creighton
My poor are y best patients. God pays for them. – Boerhaave
The Charity in life is more than all ceremonies. - Talmud