The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.
—Andrew Carnegie
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Sunday, July 09, 2023
Post #3184
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
—William Penn
Sunday, April 04, 2021
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Post #3014
Riches without charity are worth nothing. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
—Henry Fielding
—Henry Fielding
Monday, December 16, 2019
Post #2981
Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.
—Charles Caleb Colton
—Charles Caleb Colton
Friday, December 13, 2019
Post #2980
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
―Ecclesiastes 11:1
―Ecclesiastes 11:1
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Post #2979
A man should fear when he enjoys only the good he does publicly. Is it not, publicity rather than charity, which he loves?
―Henry Ward Beecher
―Henry Ward Beecher
Friday, July 15, 2016
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Post #2119
Be not frightened at the hard words "imposition," "imposture;" give and ask no questions. "Cast thy bread upon the waters." Some have, unawares, entertained angels.
—Charles Lamb
—Charles Lamb
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Post #1709
Genuine benevolence is not stationary, but peripatetic. It goeth about doing good.
—William Nevins
—William Nevins
Friday, May 10, 2013
Post #1251
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
—Charles Lamb
Monday, July 12, 2010
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