Quotes tagged ‘charity’

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan - to do all which may achieve a…”

— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com

“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan...”

— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org

“The field of calm and free discussion in our country is open, and will always be so, but never has been and never can be traversed for good in a spirit of sectionalism and uncharitabilities.”

— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com

“How come oysters never donate to charity? Because they’re shellfish.”

— Unknown, tcat.tc

“I do small things. I try to do good things every day. If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.”

— Jackie Chan, forbes.com

“Doing a charity teach me to become humble. To become a good person.”

— Jackie Chan, youtube.com

“I think I could be a philanthropist. a kick-ass philanthropist! I would have all this money and people would love me. Then they would come to me and beg! And if I felt like it, I would help them out. And then they would owe me big time!”

— Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer, Dan O'Keeffe, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com

“There is a reasonable possibility there may be further money that can be distributed to charities, and the Salvation Army has made known their desire to receive some of it. I'm glad to hear from them, and I can understand if they felt they were unfairly singled out, but they weren't.”

— Jim Brown, successories.com

“That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.”

— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com

“With all the things I’ve been through, the No. 1 thing I’ve learned is that we’re supposed to help people through this world.”

— Ray Lewis, pressreader.com

“Empathy is a special way of coming to know another and ourself, a kind of attuning and understanding. When empathy is extended, it satisfies our needs and wish for intimacy, it rescues us from our feelings of aloneness.”

— Carl Rogers, stepbystepcounselling.co.uk

“How easy it was to make people happy, when you didn’t want or need anything from them.”

— Gail Godwin, goodreads.com

“When you donate to a charity, they should give you a device that blocks their soul crushing commercials.”

— Secret_Caterpillar, reddit.com

“Give back. You will never feel alone when helping others.”

— Alyssa Landau, thoughtcatalog.com

“There once was a poor man who walked around without shoes. His feet were covered in calluses. One day a rich man felt sorry for the poor man and bought him a pair of Nikes. The poor man was extremely grateful and wore the shoes constantly. Well after a year or so, the shoes fell apart. So the poor m…”

— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com

“Pick a cause you’re both passionate about and spread the V-Day spirit by volunteering together.”

— Kristin M, cloud9living.com

“He's in pain. What kind of people would we be if we simply let him suffer?”

— Charles Yu, Lisa Joy, Dolores Abernathy, Evan Rachel Wood, imdb.com

“Volunteering or helping people who are struggling will often result in you feeling better about yourself. Spend some time at a local soup kitchen, donate a toy to a toy drive, or even send an old friend a Christmas card or a small gift. I promise you it will make you feel better.”

— Jenna Lowthert, thoughtcatalog.com

“Volunteer. We tend to think our own bliss relies on bettering ourselves, but our happiness also increases when we help others”

— Alyssa Sparacino, health.com

“There were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.”

— Charles Dickens, amazon.com