Conservatives believe in traditional values. Not because we want to impose our views on anyone, but because to abandon those values would be to ignore our history. Americans are not the most generous people on earth because our laws make us generous. People do not contribute to charity in this country in record amounts because we have a tax break from it. We do so because this nation has been shaped by Judeo-Christian principles that teach us that we have an obligation to care for one another.
My philosophy is that I am a friend of the children. I don't think anyone should see them as pitiable subjects or charity. That is old people's rhetoric. People often relate childish behaviour to stupidity or foolishness. This mindset needs to change. I want to level the playing field where I can learn from the children. Something I can learn from children is transparency. They are innocent, straightforward, and have no biases. I relate children to simplicity and I think that my friendship with children has a much deeper meaning than others.
A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.
The sahara desert the Rapunzel the charity the gifted tales.
When the truth emerges, then we reconcile ourselves to truth and unity and in charity or in love.
It's in vogue to have a cause and give money in charity. But to actually speak up and say something like, I'm pissed about this" - that doesn't seem to be very popular unless you're writing a blog or tweeting.
I knit for Caps for Good - a charity that gives hats to Third World babies - while I watch movies with friends.
We hear all around us about practical religion, and analysing all that, we find that it can be brought down to one conception - charity to our fellow beings.
For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
. . . it's what charity truly means, that compassion for each other's vulnerability
But I want to start a family one day, and be involved in more charities, helping children.
Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare.
Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.
True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.
What the poor need is not charity, but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers.
But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!
No work of charity can be more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women.
The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can.
I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you spend goes to a good cause.