"Wealth is fleeting, honor winged, but charity abides. " ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Better an hour of repentance and good deeds in this world than a lifetime in the world to come." ~~ Avot 4:17
"There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself." ~~ Maimonides
"Whoever gives the poor money is blessed sixfold; whoever does it with a kind word is blessed sevenfold. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"Charity with a smile shows the donor’s character." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"Good deeds are done by good people. " ~~ Talmud, Qiddushin
"Who gives charity with a smile is truly a right-minded man." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"A rich man may fall seven times and rise again, but the poor falls once only—and forever." ~~ Mishle Israel
"Do not humiliate a beggar: God is at his right hand." ~~ Shabetai Horowitz
"The intention is the foundation of the deed." ~~ Moses Ibn Ezra
"Who is honored? He that honors mankind." ~~ Avot 4:1
"Divided as we may be by religion, we are united by charity." ~~ Rashi (to a Christian monk)
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