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A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Money
Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
Jesse Jackson1941–2026
If you cannot lift the load off another’s back, do not walk away. Try to lighten it.
FTFrank Tyger
When you cease to make a contribution; you begin to die.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962
A man’s drive for profit should be prompted by the desire to give charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Money
Arbitration is justice blended with charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Justice
There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.
FTFrank Tyger
In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.
George MacDonald1824–1905Mary Marston, Chapter V.
Before reciting his prayers, a man should give to charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Prayer
Even the poor should give something to charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
Rings and jewels are not gifts but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.
Booker T. Washington1856–1915
It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.
Euripides481–407 BCMedea (431 BC), l. 964 (Cassell’s, 1907)
O proud philanthropist, your hope is vain
To get by giving what you lost by gain.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914Epigrams, p. 349. Previously appeared in “Small Contributions”, Cosmopolitan, Vol. 42, No. 6 (April 1907) p. 695.
No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
- Christianity