Charity
Inspirational quotes on charity
"I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me." ~ Matthew 25:36
"If you want to change the world, go home and love your family." ~ St Teresa of Calcutta
"The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it; and when it no longer feels any desire, then it possesses perfect charity." ~ Saint Augustine
"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others." ~ Saint Augustine
"Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul's beauty." ~ Saint Augustine
"At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity." ~ St. John of the Cross
"Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor." ~ St Aelred of Rievaulx
"It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God. But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell. If, then, we possess charity, we possess God, for God is Charity." ~ St. Albert the Great
"If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants, provide those of the needy without waiting for them to ask you. Especially anticipate the needs of those who are ashamed to beg. To make them ask for alms is to make them buy it." ~ St. Thomas of Villanova
"The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor." ~ St. Basil the Great
"It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are." ~ St. Francis of Assisi
"Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved." ~ St. Robert Bellarmine
"Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
"Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could." ~ St. Gregory Nazianzen
"Let us have charity and humility, and give alms, for almsgiving cleanses our souls from the filth of sin. At death we lose all that we have in this world, but we take with us charity and the alms-deeds we have done, and for these we shall receive a great reward from God." ~ St. Francis of Assisi
"I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me." ~ Matthew 25:36
"If you want to change the world, go home and love your family." ~ St Teresa of Calcutta
"The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it; and when it no longer feels any desire, then it possesses perfect charity." ~ Saint Augustine
"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others." ~ Saint Augustine
"Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul's beauty." ~ Saint Augustine
"At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity." ~ St. John of the Cross
"Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor." ~ St Aelred of Rievaulx
"It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God. But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell. If, then, we possess charity, we possess God, for God is Charity." ~ St. Albert the Great
"If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants, provide those of the needy without waiting for them to ask you. Especially anticipate the needs of those who are ashamed to beg. To make them ask for alms is to make them buy it." ~ St. Thomas of Villanova
"The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor." ~ St. Basil the Great
"It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are." ~ St. Francis of Assisi
"Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved." ~ St. Robert Bellarmine
"Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
"Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could." ~ St. Gregory Nazianzen
"Let us have charity and humility, and give alms, for almsgiving cleanses our souls from the filth of sin. At death we lose all that we have in this world, but we take with us charity and the alms-deeds we have done, and for these we shall receive a great reward from God." ~ St. Francis of Assisi