Wealth is not of necessity a curse, nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better than either extreme better for our manhood that we have enough for daily comfort enough for culture, for hospitality, for Christian charity. More than this may or may not be a blessing. Certainly it can be a blessing only by being accepted as a trust.
Charity Quotes (2885 Quotes)
Giving the public an opportunity for the public to decide, not for us to decide, the public.
Giving people what they want isn't just good radio; it's also the right way to run a country.
I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me.
Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . . . they give thanks for the gift and reflect the love.
Many consumers were driven to the stores last weekend by great sales on electronics and toys. Now that many of the most popular electronics are affordable for the average shopper, people are picking up DVD players and digital cameras as gifts, but also for themselves.
We should be careful and discriminating in all the advice we give. We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves. Most of all, we ought to avoid giving counsel which we don't follow when it damages those who take us at our word.
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
Anger is a gift.
Just because the company is making a gift on their behalf doesn't mean their purchase is deductible.
Some people have a gift. He does a great job of positioning his body where he's the only one who really has a chance of making the play.
This week's data is proof that the hawks in the Monetary Policy Committee are wrong, giving gilts support this week.
Charity requires sacrifice, and members of Congress could set a good example of charity by giving up their pay increase,
The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.
I really think it is going to make me a better player, giving me the perspective ... that there are much worse things in life than losing a tennis match, ... It will give me a little more calm on the court.
The principle of liberty and equality, if coupled with mere selfishness, will make men only devils, each trying to be independent that he may fight only for his own interest. And here is the need of religion and its power, to bring in the principle of benevolence and love to men.
Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind charity envieth not charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail whether there be tongues, they shall cease whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
In response to the shortage of supplies and the desperate need for aid in the affected areas, Kroger and the American Red Cross are thankful for this opportunity to lend a helping hand. It is only through the generosity and caring of the Kroger customers and employees that these donations are made possible.
The laboratory was established with a gift from Reynolds with no strings attached. We are allowed to study what we want, publish what we want, and interpret the data as we think it should be interpreted.
Since its inception in 1976, the Charity Preview has raised over 58 million to help children throughout the Detroit area. For example, a single Charity Preview ticket provides free transportation to 16 women for prenatal care appointments and well-baby visits.
HEAD-MONEY, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. So great, Said they, are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine The monarch asked them in reply; Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy; It has, the spokesman said we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires. Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. Your state is desperate, no question Pray favor me with a suggestion. O King of Men, the spokesman said, If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you. As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. I decree That it be so --and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free,'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister. The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed --his gleaming axe revealed --G. J.
Beauty is only to be admired, only to be loved-to be harvested carefully and then flung at a chosen lover like a gift of roses.
You go to the hospital your wife's in labor and you're doing the thing, and then it's very disorienting and scary and you beat yourself up and you go through a whole period of 'woe is me' and then you realize that this a gift, this child is the light, and if you can nourish that light and just let it shine, you have an opportunity to get closer to what I think is God.
When I resigned, I resigned. So I wept over it and I grieved. I got therapy. It was tough because I love coaching. I really believe it's a passion and it's a gift.
It was funny, during the making of this movie I was really sad because you're not getting anything back and you're giving so much to so many other people. I feel like that's the way Claire was. She spends a lot of time on other people, giving people advice and learning about people and she doesn't really take care of herself in that way.
Cisco Systems has marketed equipment specifically designed to make it easier for the Chinese police to carry out surveillance of electronic communications. Cisco is also suspected of giving Chinese engineers training in how to use its products to censor the Internet.
To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
Caring for staff is not just a matter of giving them superannuation, ... You have to look after health and safety too. If you have healthy, happy, well-balanced staff then you're going to get better productivity.
I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities.
Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another.
The policy doesn't look overly generous, but right now this is the only game in town.
In my mid 30's, after a decade or so of giving full time to the music thing and finding myself with about $10 in the bank and no assets other than my musical equipment, I realized I needed to get serious about making a living.
I believe in giving back very strongly.
Sure a car and computer are great gifts, but they also are necessities.
For those of us who are political junkies, it's like the Christmas gift that keeps on giving. The Republican and Democratic candidates are going to look positively boring compared to the independent candidates.
The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.
President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office.
Real progress is progress in charity, all other advances being secondary thereto.
It's a tradition for many people to grab a newspaper, their dog's leash and a plastic bag before going on a walk. They use the plastic bag to pick up his little gift.
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
In the past, my slider's been really good -- that's my out pitch. Last year, it was average, at best, I thought. So I'm going to work on that this spring and get that going. ... I want to work on pounding the strike zone and going right after guys, make them put the ball in play instead of giving up free bases.
I tried to prepare myself but was shocked to find the devastation as bad as it was. However, I was proud to see the giving and commitment of people in the tourism industry.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
It's all his money, and he's on the investment committee. If a person's making a gift of that size, he can stipulate what he wants it in.
Evolution made civilization steward of this planet. A hundred thousand years later, the steward stood before evolution not helper but destroyer, not healer but parasite. So evolution withdrew its gift, passed civilization by, rescued the planet from intelligence and handed it to love.
Everything done here from the building on has been a volunteer effort from the community. And that's a neat thing about this community, for the right cause they are extremely generous.
I am not in the giving vein today.