"Honor the Lord with your substance!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 3:9
"He gives twice who gives quickly." ~~ Leon of Modena
"We should be grateful for the rogues among the poor; were it not for them, we would sin each time we ignore an appeal. " ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Better is he who gives little to charity—from money honestly earned, than he who gives much—from money acquired by fraud." ~~ Midrash, Kohelet R.
"Do not cast me off in old age; when my strength fails, do not forsake me! " ~~ Psalms 71:9
"To help a fellow man may be to tip the scales (of God’s reckoning) for the entire world." ~~ Adapted from Talmud, Kiddushin 40:2
"Never call a halt to your visiting of the sick!" ~~ Talmud, Nedarim
"Charity outweighs all other commandments. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream!" ~~ Amos 5:24
"All Jews are responsible each for the other." ~~ Talmud, Shavuot
"The poor of your own town should be preferred to those of another." ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
"Charity must be given in secret." ~~ Talmud: Sabbath