Not just charity, even corruption begins at home.
There is always scope for football to be more charitable but a lot happens already. Personally I have always been passionate about charity.
And whereas many men, by accident unevitable, become unable to maintain themselves by their labour; they ought not to be left to the Charity of private persons; but to be provided for, (as far-forth as the necessities of Nature require,) by the Lawes of the Common-wealth. For as it is Unchariablenesse in any man, to neglect the impotent; so it is in the Soveraign of a Common-wealth, to expose them to the hazard of such uncertain Charity.
I love to give to charity, but I don't want to be charity. This is why I have so much trouble with grace.
Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.
Philanthropy, like charity, must begin at home.
All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.
I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that.
I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors'defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty.
But there are many, and I'm a supporter of a great deal of charities.
Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.
As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.
I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich. '
All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.
A woman's love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself.
All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever. Because He lives, "now abideth faith, hope, charity. "
Real charity and real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things.