#charity

You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see. And the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them. ↗

— St. Vincent de Paul

#daughtersofcharity #inspirational #lazarists #padrespaules #vincentians

The more you put your arm around those that you might naturally look down on, the more you will love yourself. And the more you love yourself, the less need you’ll ever have to find fault or be better than others. And the less we all find fault or have a need to be better than others, the quicker this world becomes a far better place to live. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#charity #christianity #friendship #happiness #hate

Through their donations and work for voluntary organizations, the charitable rich exert enormous influence in society. As philanthropists, they acquire status within and outside of their class. Although private wealth is the basis of the hegemony of this group, philanthropy is essential to the maintenance and perpetuation of the upper class in the United States. In this sense, nonprofit activities are the nexus of a modern power elite. ↗

— Teresa Odendahl

#clinton #hegemony #non-profit #philanthropy #power-elite

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. ↗

— John Holmes

#compassion #friendship #generosity #helping-others #friendship

There's a huge AIDS epidemic in Africa, and one of Bad Boy's plans this year is to give more awareness to that. We're gonna be doing a big charity concert helping to save some of the brothers and sisters in Africa. ↗

— Puff Daddy

#aids #awareness #bad #big #boy

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

#charity #consists #dreaming #dreams #life

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

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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

#beginning #charity #cheque #feel #i

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

#donate #get #give #grassroots #hospital

That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good. ↗

— Maria Menounos

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