Charity in the dictionary
Welcome to Virtue Wednesday. Last week’s virtue was Trust. This week’s virtue is charity. Charity is philanthropy and goodwill particularly concerning the disadvantaged or afflicted. Many people use the holiday season as a time of charity and service for those in their community.

10 Virtue Wednesday Quotes: Charity

  1. “Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”—Washington Irving
  2. “There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.”― Theodore Roosevelt
  3. “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”― Mother Teresa
  4. “No one has ever become poor by giving.”― Anne Frank, diary of Anne Frank
  5. “A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.”― Jack London
  6. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”― Maya Angelou
  7. “Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.”― Horace Mann
  8. “Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”—Francis of Assisi
  9. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”—Winston Churchill
  10. “The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.”—Homer
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