Charity Quotes - Page 14

Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing.

Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.

I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.

. . . . [P]ersons who love very much, easily take offense at trifles. No doubt your excessive affection for me makes you a little diffident about mine. But there is no harm done; I hope you will soon be over this slight jealousy and be convinced that nothing can change the genuine affection Our Lord has given me for you

I hope that this man can be won over by your bearing charitably with him, advising him prudently, and praying for him. This is what I do for your family in general and for you in particular.

As I "won," I didn't feel the fruits of that. I felt the fruits when I served others, when I gave myself away. . . . I've always seen my life as an experiment. I just want to go to what works. As I felt the charity aspect in my life, the giving aspect, I felt a power and I've walked more into that.

In all works of liberality something more is to be considered besides the occasion of the givers; and that is the occasion of the receivers.

And whereas many men, by accident unevitable, become unable to maintain themselves by their labour; they ought not to be left to the Charity of private persons; but to be provided for, (as far-forth as the necessities of Nature require,) by the Lawes of the Common-wealth. For as it is Unchariablenesse in any man, to neglect the impotent; so it is in the Soveraign of a Common-wealth, to expose them to the hazard of such uncertain Charity.

Be Charitable before wealth make thee covetous, and loose not the glory of the Mite.

O how unspeakable is this Sacrament which sets our affections ablaze with charity. ... It is the fulfillment of Christ's Mystical Body.

It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.

I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors'defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.

Charity never faileth.

Immediately you will be perfect, you will become God.

I own about 300 pairs of shoes. When I start to go over 300, I have mini-sales from my closet and give the money to charity. It's my way of recycling; I feel like I can give back to the universe.

As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men.

The time has come to put into practice the charity taught by the masters and priests of all times. The words said between the pigeons' cooing under the sacred porticos of all the temples should now turn into concrete reality.

That charity is bad which takes from independence its proper pride, from mendicity its salutary shame.

Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.

Charity is not an act but a way of life, a condition of the heart.

Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.

Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others.

Charity that does not change the situation of the poor isn't enough.

There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.

Dear young people, put your talents at the service of the Gospel, with creativity and boundless charity.