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Charity Quotes

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

Anne Baxter, American Actress

Charity, Liberty, Unity

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"The more you give, the less you need."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Charity, Give, Need, Abundance, Generosity

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"I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week."

Eric Bristow, American Celebrity

Charity, Golf, Play

"The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar."

Phil Donahue, American Entertainer

Charity, Volunteerism

"Use your money to meet the need of your neighbor."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Charity, Money, Neighbor, Need, Support

"Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Charity, Earth, Heaven, Hell

"In essentials, unity; in differences, liberty; in all things, charity."

Philipp Melanchthon, German Theologian

Charity, Liberty, Unity

"Where we're living we have a certain amount of our profit every year it's like a percentage 5 or 7% or something like that that we set aside specifically for charity things."

Jon Fishman, American Musician

Charity, Living, Profit

"Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity."

Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman

"Charity creates a multitude of sins."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

"Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation."

Roma Downey, Irish Actress

Charity, Smile, Youth

"Charity in the theater begins and ends with those who have a play opening within a week of one's own."

Moss Hart, American Playwright

Charity, Play, Theater

"Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving."

Henry Ford, American Businessman

Charity, Men, Money, Time, Giving

"The designer of my Emmy gown is donating my gown to the charity for an auction."

Maria Menounos, American Actress

"Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all."

Richard Baxter, English Clergyman

Charity, Liberty, Unity

"Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up."

Colin Powell, American Statesman

Charity, Giving

"A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live."

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

Charity, Credit, Value, Will

"One in 5 Americans is touched by the Red Cross every single year."

Robert Brady, American Politician

Charity, Americans

"To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

Charity, Regret

"Everywhere you look, there is a charity or a project in school to get involved in. In eighth grade, there was this program called CJSF, California Junior Scholarship Foundation. We were involved in soup kitchens and toy drives, and your school can set up something like that. If your school doesn't have a program like that, set one up."

Lindsey Shaw, American Actress

Charity, Project, School

"Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable."

Glenn Beck, American Journalist

Charity, Americans, Care

"Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine."

Hosea Ballou, American Clergyman

"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it."

John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

"I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year."

Jeffrey Archer, English Politician

"Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it."

George Sand, French Novelist

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