“Charity is from person to person; and it loses half, far more than half, its moral value when the giver is not brought into personal relation with those to whom he gives.” GivingPersonsValuesLosesHalfMoralRelationCharityGiverMoral Values Book:The nemesis of faith: or, The history of Markham Sutherland Source: The nemesis of faith: or, The history of Markham Sutherland
“We tell the for-profit sector, 'Spend, spend, spend on advertising until the last dollar no longer produces a penny of value,' but we don't like to see our donations spent on advertising in charity. Our attitude is, 'Well look, if you can get the advertising donated (at four o'clock in the morning) I'm okay with that, but I don't want my donation spent on advertising, I want it to go to the needy,' as if the money invested in advertising could not bring in dramatically greater sums of money to serve the needy.” IfsWantWellsLooksLastsValuesAttitudeMorningGreaterFourProduceOkayDollarsCharityProfitAdvertisingClockPenniesNeedyDonation Author:Dan Pallotta
“That the religious right completely took over the word Christian is a given. At one time, phrases such as Christian charity and Christian tolerance were used to denote kindness and compassion. To perform a "Christian" act meant an act of giving, of acceptance, of toleration. Now, Christian is invariably linked to right-wing conservative political thought -- Christian nation, Christian morality, Christian values, Christian family.” GivingReasonChristianPoliticalUsedReligionValuesGivenNationsReligiousFreedomCompassionLibertyKindnessAcceptanceMoralityWingsCharityConservativeTolerancePhrasesOne TimeAgnosticLinkedRight WingKindness And CompassionTolerationChristian NationChristian FamilyChristian MoralityChristian ValuesConservative Political Author:Peter McWilliams
“All of us must act selfishly to Iearn charity, must lie to learn honor, must betray and be betrayed to learn to value trust and commitment.” LyingValuesHonorCommitmentCharityBetrayalBetrayBetrayed Author:Bill Vaughan
“We only begin to realize the value of our possessions when we commence to do good to others with them. No earthly investment pays so large an interest as charity.” ValuesInterestRealizingPayCharityInvestmentPossession Author:Joseph Cook
“Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.” JoyValuesJusticeHonorCommitmentCharityPassionateContributionRemarkableFidelityTranscendent Author:Gary Hamel
“Surely, 'tis one step towards acting well, to think worthily of our nature; and as in common life, the way to make a man honest, is, to suppose him soso here, to set some value upon ourselves, enables us to support the characterof generosity and virtue.” ThinkingMenWayWellsCharacterValuesCommonActingStepsSupportVirtueHonestGoodnessCharityGenerosityCommon Life Author:Laurence Sterne