"'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after."
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"Charity itself fulfills the law. And who can sever love from charity?"
"The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts."
"The character of a people may be ruined by charity."
"Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead."
"Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose."
"Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does."
"With charity, money is purified. By service, our actions are purified. With music, our emotions are purified and with knowledge our intellect is purified."
"We have all been hearing from childhood of such things as love, peace, charity, equality, and universal brotherhood; but they have become to us mere words without meaning, words which we repeat like parrots, and it has become quite natural for us to do so. We cannot help it."
"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."
"There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even should we be deceived, still the good to ourselves resulting from a kind act is worth more than the trifle by which we purchase it."
"With malice towards none; with charity for all."
"Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there."
"I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'"
"A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER."
"Walk and talk in manner of love or charity, for God is love."
"Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything."
"You cannot attain to charity except through humility."
"[I]t is His good pleasure that we remain always in the holy joy of His love."
"Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom."