Charity Quotes

Aesop
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is every wasted.


Coolidge, Calvin
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.


Curie, Marie
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving individuals. We all must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.


Drummond, Henry
You will find, as you look back on your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others.


Emerson, Ralph Waldo
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no person can sincerely try to help another without helping themselves.


Gorky, Maxim
There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.


Hubbard, Elbert
Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.


Keller, Helen
I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.


Meade, Margaret
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.


Thoreau, Henry David
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.


Whitman, Walt
Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything.


Zoroaster
Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.