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Monday, June 17th, 2024
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Pastoral Resources

Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Charity'

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The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
Homer, Greek Poet
If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
Bob Hope, American Comedian (1903-2003)
The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.
Claudio Hummes, -
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Washington Irving, American Writer (1783-1859)
Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation.
James Weldon Johnson, American Poet (1871-1938)
It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.
Ben Kingsley, English Actor (1943-  )
The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them.
William Laud, English Clergyman (1573-1645)
I rode in a nine-day charity ride recently, averaged 43km a day and still finished in the lead group. I'm 38, not quite finished yet.
Greg LeMond, American Athlete (1961-  )
The steel workers have now buried their dead, while the widows weep and watch their orphaned children become objects of public charity. The murder of these unarmed men has never been publicly rebuked by any authoritative officer of the state or federal government.
John L. Lewis, American Leader (1880-1969)
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.
Abraham Lincoln, American President (1809-1865)
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, American Novelist (1876-1916)
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, American Poet (1807-1882)
Cheerfulness is a very great help in fostering the virtue of charity. Cheerfulness itself is a virtue.
Lawrence G. Lovasik, Clergyman
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there.
Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist (1903-1987)
You have to feel more involved than just writing out a cheque. Charity is almost the wrong word - I think people are beginning to feel more responsible for the world.
Joanna Lumley, English Actress (1946-  )
If you're an enthusiast and you love the world like I do, it comes naturally. But I think charity must become more fun to give, more interactive and imaginative.
Joanna Lumley, English Actress (1946-  )
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
Maimonides, Spanish Philosopher (1135-1204)
I have been able to travel all over the country and see many places that I probably never would have visited. I have also participated in many charity events for worthy causes.
Rob Mariano, American Celebrity (1975-  )
URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages.
Ziggy Marley, Musician (1968-  )
If I survive, I will spend my whole life at the oven door seeing that no one is denied bread and, so as to give a lesson of charity, especially those who did not bring flour.
Jose Marti, Activist (1853-1895)
 
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