50 Quotes To Inspire Charity in People
Published Oct 26, 2020
The dictionary defines charity in two ways: the voluntary giving of help to those in need and kindness and tolerance in judging others. Unfortunately, this is not how many people understand this word.
A common misconception is that charity is only for the rich and you can’t be charitable if you’re earning just enough. But as has been proven by the likes of Mother Teresa, charity is not measured by how much you give. Rather, it is the act of giving and the intent of the giver that truly matters.
Besides, from the definition above, charity is not just about giving. It is also in how we treat others. Charity is in how you make a stranger feel welcome, in how you make others feel good about themselves, in how you help a disabled man cross the street – it’s literally in everything we do.
So wherever you are and whatever you do, practice charity as much as you can. And don’t forget to inspire others to do the same too. If you don’t know where to start, using these charity quotes in your fundraising activities is a great way to get it going:
- It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. – Kahlil Gibran
- Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed. – Samuel Johnson
- In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity. – Richard Baxter
- No one has ever become poor by giving. – Anne Frank
- Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead. – St. Thomas Aquinas
- If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. – Confucius
- As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. – Victor Hugo
- Charity begins at home, but should not end there. – Scottish Proverb
- No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. – Aesop
- Charity is to will and do what is just and right in every transaction. – Emmanuel Swedenborg
- We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill
- The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others. – Homer
- Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities, we get only as we give. – William Simms
- Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. – St. Paul
- Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. – Buddha
- Charity makes no decrease in property – Arabian Proverb
- It is more blessed to give than to receive. – Acts 20:35
- Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. – Francis Quarles
- You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. – John Bunyan
- If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. – Mother Teresa
- The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. – Ian Maclaren
- Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven. – Henry Ward Beecher
Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege. – John D. Rockefeller Jr.
- Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made. – Antoine de Saint – Exupery
- Charity sees the need, not the cause. – German Proverb
- I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. – Maya Angelou
- The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own. – Lao Tzu
- Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. – St. Francis of Assisi
- Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference. – Kathy Calvin
- Generosity consists not the sum given but the manner in which it is bestowed – Mahatma Gandhi
- A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog – Jack London
- Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do. – Joseph B. Wirthlin
- Charity should always be a constant. – Eva LaRue
- Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away. – Persian Proverb
- Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable. – Charles Caleb Colton
- The next time you want to withhold your help, or your love, or your support for another for whatever the reason, ask yourself a simple question: do the reasons you want to withhold it reflect more on them or on you? And which reasons do you want to define you forevermore? – Dan Pearce
- The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities—a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source. – John Rockefeller
- Charity is a supreme virtue and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue that unites men and inspires their noblest efforts. – Conrad Hilton
- Compassion is the root of charity. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Charity is a universal remedy against discord and a holy cement for mankind. – William Penn
- The proper aim of giving is to put the recipients in a state where they no longer need our gifts. – C.S. Lewis
- If you combine all the spectral rays into a single beam, you get white light; and if you combine all the virtues into a single beam you get charity. – Austin O’Malley
- A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. – Benjamin Franklin
- The value of a man resides in what he gives. – Albert Einstein
- The best recreation is to do good. – William Penn
- Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity. – C.S. Lewis
- The only time to look down on your neighbor is when you’re bending over to help them. – Linda Castillo
- If we keep waiting for the next person to do good then no one would, then years later we start to reflect on why no one did the good that anyone could have done including You. – Razak Olu
- Donating a dollar from two dollars is a bigger donation than donating a dollar from a hundred dollars. – Amit Kalantri
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About The Author
Judy Ponio is a full time blogger and is devoted to topics about charity, kindness, and Christianity. She is part of Correct Digital, Inc which is paid by private donors to provide website digital marketing services to this non-profit organization.
