Saint Augustine Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• God of our life, there are days when the burdens we carry chafe our shoulders and weigh us down; when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening; when our lives have no music in them, and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage. Flood the path with light, run our eyes to where the skies are full of promise; tune our hearts to brave music; give us the sense of comradeship with heroes and saints of every age; and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage the souls of all who journey with us on the road of life, to your honor and glory.

  Saint Augustine

  Running, Lonely, Hero

• Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God.

  Saint Augustine

  God, Spiritual, Fire

• If you should ask me what are the ways of God, I would tell you that the first is humility, the second is humility, and the third is humility. Not that there are no other precepts to give, but if humility does not preceed all that we do, our efforts are fruitless.

  Saint Augustine

  Humility, Giving, Effort

• Don't let your life give evidence against your tongue. Sing with your voices... sing also with your conduct.

  Saint Augustine

  Voice, Giving, Tongue

  St Augustine, Saint Augustine of Hippo (2003). “Sermons 20-50”, p.168

• God gives where he finds empty hands.

  Saint Augustine

  Hands, Giving, Empty

• God in his omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom He knew not how to give more, in His riches He had not more to give, than the Eucharist.

  Saint Augustine

  Omnipotence, Giving, Riches

• God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.

  Saint Augustine

  Giving, Saint, Needs

• Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ; rest your weary ones; bless your dying ones; soothe your suffering ones; pity your afflicted ones; shield your joyous ones; and all for your love's sake. Amen.

  Saint Augustine

  Jesus, Sleep, Angel

• In the house of God there is never ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God's face gives joy that never fails.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Holiday, Angel

• Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

  Saint Augustine

  Funny, Witty, Philosophical

  Confessions bk. 8, ch. 7 (397 - 398)

• God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.

  Saint Augustine

  Hands, Always Trying, Giving

• I thought that continence was a matter of our own strength, and I knew that I had not the strength: for in my utter foolishness I did not know the word of Your Scripture that none can be continent unless You give it.

  Saint Augustine

  Giving, Matter, Scripture

  Saint Augustine, F. J. Sheed (2007). “Confessions (Second Edition)”, p.110, Hackett Publishing

• We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.

  Saint Augustine

  Giving, Suffering, Needs

• We must be on our guard against giving interpretations which are hazardous or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of God to the ridicule of unbelievers.

  Saint Augustine

  Giving, Interpretation, Ridicule

  "'De genesi ad litteram libri duodecim' ('The Literal Meaning of Genesis')". Book by Augustine, Part I, www.newadvent.org. 415.

• Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says For the woman I love and the second, For my best friend.

  Saint Augustine

  Cute, Two, Giving

• Any woman who does not give birth to as many children as she is capable is guilty of murder.

  Saint Augustine

  Children, Giving, Doe

• Lord, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee.

  Saint Augustine

  Art, Giving, Worship

• Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.

  Saint Augustine

  Two, Giving, Catholic

• He who made thee is made in thee. He is made in thee through whom you were made.... Give milk, O mother, to him who is our food; give milk to the bread that comes down from heaven.

  Saint Augustine

  Mother, Giving, Heaven

• "Give us this day our daily bread," by "this day" we mean "at this time," when we either ask for that sufficiency, signifying the whole of our need under the name of bread, which is the outstanding part of it, or for the sacrament of the faithful, which is necessary at this time for attaining not so much this temporal as that eternal happiness.

  Saint Augustine

  Mean, Names, Giving

• Although God is all powerful, He is unable to give more; though supremely wise, He knows not how to give more; though vastly rich, He has not more to give.

  Saint Augustine

  Wise, Powerful, Giving

• The Kingdom of Heaven, O man, requires no other price than yourself. The value of it is yourself. Give yourself for it and you shall have it.

  Saint Augustine

  Men, Giving, Heaven

• Not to give to those in need what is to you superfluous is akin to fraud.

  Saint Augustine

  Giving, Needs, Stewardship

• The Lord says, 'Whoever has, to him shall be given' (Mt. 13:12). He will give, then, to those who have; that is to say, if they use freely and cheerfully what they have received, He will add to and perfect His gifts.

  Saint Augustine

  Christian, Giving, Perfect

• Fill yourselves first and then only will you be able to give to others.

  Saint Augustine

  Giving, Able, Firsts

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