I was raised to believe that there very much is something wrong with accepting charity. That it should only be a last resort, held for the most desperate times

I was raised to believe that there very much is something wrong with accepting charity. That it should only be a last resort, held for the most desperate times, and if you were in those terrible straights, your life focus should be to get out of it as quickly as possible, and to pay back everything you received and more.