Sentences with phrase «better than charity»

So you can't say that a charity that got an «A» in the Fundraising Organizations category is necessarily better than a charity which got a «B» in the Social Services category.

Not exact matches

In fact, there's probably no better way to end this post than with a video of Mr. Buffett playing ukulele duet for charity with Jon Bon Jovi.

While it is important to function as a non-profit in legal terms, the most successful charities are well - run organizations, no different than for - profit companies but with a different business objective.

What good are you — other than the fact that you put in an honest day's work, take care of your kids, and given a few bucks to charity now and then?

There is a better, more tax - efficient way for donors to help their favorite charities than writing a check or pulling out their credit card.

From the consumer's perspective, what's better than improving one's financial health, being able to donate more to charity as a result, and have your proceeds from the book go to charity immediately!

The charge has also resulted in savings of # 60 million in litter clean - up costs and donations of more than # 29 million from retailers towards good causes including charities and community groups.

Imports / Exports are stand still, the banks have stopped taking any fixed assests and lands as bank guarantee towards taking loans to over come this situations where you can not find buyers paying good towards what you sell when you need financial liquidity... but these time you can not sell unless you will sell it at the lowest ever in the market...!?! Honestly tired of that now more than was tired before all that started but at least things were stable although many were deprived but managed to live by those upper hands / classes giving charity..

Too many charities give away things but fail to appreciate they are doing more harm than good.

In themselves they are good, but they were never meant to be simply «in themselves» — to be isolated from the God - relation, to be anything other than modes of charity.

Of course, as our convictions persist and mature, we begin to see the ways in which we are complicit in global wealth disparity and injustice, and we begin to think more seriously about policy, about sustainability, about making more dramatic attitude and lifestyle changes, and about problems within some of our charities and justice groups that perpetuate a white savior complex, sometimes doing more harm than good.

So, both groups thought that spending almost $ 40k to insult each other was a better idea than say, donating it to charity?

At this present time, in a period of decline in Christian faith and morals which is still unchecked, still sweeping even lower, it remains true that the teachings given men by Christ, although whittled away and progressively abandoned, still preserve a better level of charity, justice, and chastity in human affairs throughout Christendom than prevails in those regions where the name of Christ has hardly entered, or where it is bitterly persecuted.

And the good charities run things MUCH more efficiently than the government, so the resources get to the people who need the help instead of getting siphoned off bit by bit as it flows through various bureaucracies.

Mark 10 - 25 A camel has a better chance of going through a head of a needle than a rich man does of entering the kingdom of GOD... Interpret that for charity

When consistently loving, humble people who clearly live for more than our culture offers are repeatedly, publicly bullied and harassed, when charities and schools are fined and marginalized, and when the good and the forgiving turn the other cheek and get slapped hard across that one too, this conversation will start to look different.

Coming from the Pope it sounds like charity and good will but measured on a political scale it is closer to Marxism than capitalism.

Can we please agree that any «when I give charity I'm better than you because I do it for better reasons» conversation is utterly pointless?

Perhaps that sounds harsh in a Christian context when evidence suggests that we are better at giving to charity than the average Brit.

Churches still provide social services for free, a gathering place for people, and much more at a much lower cost than any government - sponsored «sliding scale» services, as well as raising charity.

Not feeding hungry or pay charity as should or storing money abroad in banks or holes under ground rather than investing it to generate business and good living for the nation nor even the slightest right of freedom!

But,, when we do it with charity, it models Christ and is better than being a «clanging gong.»

Obama contributed LESS THAN ONE PERCENT to charity during his best years of income.

When more emphasis was given by preachers to the gaining of indulgences — for instance, by the good work of making a cash contribution to the building of a church — than to the sacraments, the liturgy and ordinary acts of charity, then it was made to appear as though the values of the Gospel were being abandoned.

Gluttony — Morbid obesity is a pretty good indicator Greed — «Greed has fed more mouths than charity ever could» — Limbaugh, Nov. 2011 Sloth — Again, morbid obesity and a propensity for synthetic opiates don't indicate an active lifestyle.

I don't begrudge them making a good living and living comfortably but do think if it was truly all about God they would use a large part of the millions they are apparently making to help others / give to charity rather than on Rolexes and mansions and multiple exotic cars, etc... I don't think if Jesus was walking the earth today preaching that's how hed be living.

They were the 7th best squad from the charity stripe during the regular season but they made less than 80 % of their attempts.

Sometimes giving to charity is a better gift than receiving a physical gift.

It is said that it is better for a man to discipline his child than to give charity.

I can think of no better job than finding worthy charities to support and help.

So no one is more supportive than I am of No Kid Hungry, the well regarded childhood hunger arm of the anti-hunger charity, Share our Strength.

Comic Relief, better known as Red Nose Day, has raised more than # 1bn for charities in 30 years but one MP said it has «tattooed images of poverty in Africa» onto people's minds.

Dogs Trust believes that compulsory microchipping is the best way of permanently identifying a dog and is a more cost efficient and effective system than dog licensing, which the charity regards as a tax on dog owners.

We know what rough sleepers need better than any council or charity does.»

However, this is a lot smaller than most well - known charities.

The task force is made up representatives of more than a dozen nonprofits, including the Bowery Residents Committee, Supportive Housing network of New York, Catholic Charities and HELP USA, well - regarded operators and providers among the city's shelter, supportive housing and homeless services professionals.

Many give back to communities they came from or to charities that help kids that find themselves in situations very much like they themselves have grown up in, that may have been less than best....

Overhead aversion has long been known to be powerful, he says, even causing «people to prefer to give to charities with lower overhead that help fewer people than charities with higher overhead that actually do more good.»

Here at GovernorHQ we have another hypothesis about why we school governors often spend more time governing than in many charities: we deal with so many staffing issues, ones that in more functional organisations are simply dealt with better by management at an earlier stage and do not end up reaching the board of trustees.

All in all, the auction raised more than $ 8.5 million for a number of different charities, an endeavor that's always marked with good tidings from everyone in the auto industry.

Gavin set a new personal best time and helped to raise more than $ 136,000 for the CLIC Sargent children's cancer charity.

«We couldn't think of a worthier or better charity to donate our books to than Toys For Tots,» said Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater.

I'm thinking of a study done on giving to charity: the researchers found that people who were at the poverty line who gave a little donation of something to someone made them feel «at least I'm better off than they are and I can afford to give him a quarter.»

Much like the 2011 Spreecast event that Good e-Reader hosted with author HP Mallory for more than one hundred of her fans, this platform basically charges a pittance fee for charity and allows a unique engagement experience between authors and their readers.

With charity moustache - growing event Movember starting in less than two weeks, it's a good time to look at accessories and tools to keep the face fuzz in check.

Keep in mind: there are good reasons why some charities have larger reserves than others.

It also seems that our best bet for growing the corpus into «perpetuity» is to use the 100 % equity mix, recognizing that there will be the occasional bear market year when the charities will get a smaller donation than in the prior year.

It truly is better to give than to receive, so give more to your local church, charity, or individual that you want to help change.

«If a charity spends 90 cents to raise a dollar and 10 cents goes to the cause, that's better than if that 10 cents went to popcorn and a movie.»

The key is finding a credit card that earns at a higher rate than the charity would pay in credit card processing fees (if you're unable to do this, you'd be best off just sending the charity a direct deposit donation that is slightly smaller instead).