supporting the less fortunate Quotes

I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that.

Charity is reaching into one's own pockets to assist his fellow man in need. Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man hardly qualifies as charity. When done privately, we deem it theft, and the individual risks jail time.

Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.

There are people in need of help. Charity is one of the nobler human motivations. The act of reaching into one's own pockets to help a fellow man in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else's pocket is despicable and worthy of condemnation.

I did a gig in the U.S. once for the homeless. I said 'It's nice to see so many bums on seats.'

To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is.

All philanthropy — no age has seen more of it than our own — is only a savoury fumigation burning at the mouth of a sewer.

When you meet the needy your heart grows bigger

Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help.

So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.

He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord. But it may be said, not improperly, the Lord lends to us to give to the poor.

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity.

Charity is indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as that is possible; for it is charity which makes the man.

Helping people in need is a good and essential part of my life, a kind of destiny.

What we give to the poor, we lend to the Lord.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

I account the office of benefactor, or almoner, to which God appoints all those whom he has favored with wealth, one of the most honorable and delightful in the world. He never institutes a channel for the passage of His bounties that those bounties do not enrich and beautify.

I do as much charity work as I can and that my family life will allow. I do believe charity begins at home and the more we focus on our families, the better they will be.

Therefore, give to the poor. I beg you, I admonish you, I charge you, I command you to give.

As we give of our time, talents and resources to tend the needs of the sick, offer food to the hungry and teach the dependent to stand on their own, we enrich ourselves spiritually beyond our ability to comprehend.

I wish there was something more that performers could do other than get out there and sing at benefit performances. I wish I felt that if I had an empty room I'd like to bring in someone and make it a hospice, but I'm not Mother Teresa. I can't do that.

Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O Lord, let the world be full of charitable people!" - you mean, let the world be full of beggars also. Let the world be full of good works - let the world be full of misery. This is out-and-out slavishness!

What could be better than to hold your hand out to people less fortunate than you are?