Giving To The Poor Quotes

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  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• When a poor person dies of hunger it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.

  Mother Teresa

  Mother, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty

  Mother Teresa (1996). “In My Own Words”

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• Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

  John the Apostle

  Biblical, Tongue, Scripture

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• Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.

  Criss Jami

  Unconditional Love, Helping Others, Giving

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.104, Criss Jami

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• Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Norman MacEwen

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• No one has ever become poor by giving.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Morning, Kindness

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  If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Success, Helping Others

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• Giving to the poor is an essential part of Christian morality.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Giving, Essentials

  C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.143, Simon and Schuster

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• One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

  George Eliot

  Money, Luxury, Giving

  George Eliot (2016). “Complete Works Of George Eliot”, p.2974, ShandonPress

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• The only gift is giving to the poor;
  All else is exchange.

  Thiruvalluvar

  Giving, Poor

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• Hebrew word for "charity" tzedakah, simply means "justice" and as this suggests, for Jews, giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life.

  Peter Singer

  Mean, Giving, Justice

  Peter Singer (2010). “The Life You Can Save: How to play your part in ending world poverty”, p.21, Pan Macmillan

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• Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Men, Giving Money, Jewish Community

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1948). “Aquinas Selected Political Writings”

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• It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.

  Bill Cosby

  Bible, Jesus, Blessed

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• Since much wealth too often proves a snare and an incumbrance in the Christian's race, let him lighten the weight by 'dispersing abroad and giving to the poor'; whereby he will both soften the pilgrimage of his fellow travelers, and speed his own way the faster.

  Augustus Toplady

  Christian, Race, Giving

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