Charity Quotes - Page 27

• Saint Augustine ... insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, any passage that seemed to preach hatred and was not conducive to love must be interpreted allegorically and made to speak of charity.

  Karen Armstrong

  Love, Biblical, Hatred

  Karen Armstrong (2011). “Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life”, p.50, Random House

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• They are hypocrites, they think the Church is a cage to keep God in, so he will stay locked up there and not go wandering about the earth during the week, poking his nose into their business, and looking in the depths and darkness and doubleness of their hearts, and their lack of true charity; and they believed they need only be bothered about him on Sundays when they have their best clothes on and their faces straight, and their hands washed and their gloves on, and their stories all prepared.

  Margaret Atwood

  Love, Hypocrite, Heart

  Margaret Atwood (2011). “Alias Grace: A Novel”, p.254, Anchor

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• Being innovative in your philantropy allows you to stride forward in your giving journey; you can marry your mind and heart to turn charity into lasting impact; and you can become more ambitious in your giving.

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

  Heart, Journey, Impact

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• As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to Africa to try and save the continent, only to learn that Africans neither wanted nor needed saving. Indeed, when I was there, I saw some of the worst that good intentions, traditional charity, and aid can produce.

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Trying, Twenties, World

  Jacqueline Novogratz (2012). “The Blue Sweater : Bridging The Gap Between Rich And Poor In An Intercnnected World”, p.4, HarperCollins Publishers

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• People don't want to listen to a celebrity tweeting about their charities and shows. That's why comedy writers do well - we put out little funny ideas.

  Mindy Kaling

  Funny, Ideas, People

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• Like a sea-beast fished up from the depths, or a diver too suddenly hoisted, my veins threatened to burst from the fall in pressure. I had great anxiety and no means of relieving it ... And then it was that the Muse of Painting came to my rescue - out of charity and out of chivalry ... - and said, "Are these toys any good to you? They amuse some people."

  Winston Churchill

  Fall, Mean, Sea

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.140, Da Capo Press

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• [L]et us work to rid ourselves of our attacks of over-zealousness especially when it offends against respect, esteem, and charity.

  Vincent de Paul

  Esteem, Values

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1990). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)”

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• [L]ove is inventive to infinity.

  Vincent de Paul

  Infinity

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (2008). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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• Who will excuse us before God for the loss of such a great number of people, who could be saved by the slight assistance we could give them?

  Vincent de Paul

  Loss, Numbers, People

  Saint Vincent de Paul (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: I. Correspondence. v. 1. 1607-1639”, BNA Books (Bureau of National Affairs)

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• The kingdom of God is peace in the Holy Spirit; He will reign in you if your heart is at peace. So, be at peace, Mademoiselle, and you will honor in a sovereign way the God of peace and love.

  Vincent de Paul

  Heart, Honor, Way

  Saint Vincent de Paul (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: I. Correspondence. v. 1. 1607-1639”, BNA Books (Bureau of National Affairs)

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• [I]t is His good pleasure that we remain always in the holy joy of His love.

  Vincent de Paul

  Joy, His Love, Pleasure

  Saint Vincent de Paul (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: I. Correspondence. v. 1. 1607-1639”, BNA Books (Bureau of National Affairs)

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• There is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can.

  Vincent de Paul

  Justice, Permit, Acts Of Charity

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1990). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)”

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• Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

  Vincent de Paul

  God, Helping Others, Community

  Vincent De Paul (1990). “Correspondence Conference Documents”, New City Pr

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• . . . [I]n the kingdom of charity, one prefers to suffer some inconvenience rather than inconvenience the neighbor.

  Vincent de Paul

  Suffering, Kingdoms, Neighbor

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1990). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)”

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• We cannot better assure our eternal happiness than by living and dying in the service of the poor, in the arms of Providence, and with genuine renouncement of ourselves in order to follow Jesus Christ.

  Vincent de Paul

  Jesus, Order, Dying

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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• Even convicts, with whom I have spent some time, are not won over in any other way. Whenever I happened to speak sharply to them, I spoiled everything; on the contrary, when I praised them for their resignation and sympathized with them in their sufferings; when I told them they were fortunate to have their purgatory in this world, when I kissed their chains, showed compassion for their distress, and expressed sorrow for their misfortune, it was then that they listened to me, gave glory to God, and opened themselves to salvation.

  Vincent de Paul

  Compassion, Suffering, Sorrow

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”

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• . . . . [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

  Vincent de Paul

  Doubt, Done, Littles

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1993). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”, New City Pr

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• We must be full reservoirs in order to let our water spill out without becoming empty, and we must possess the spirit with which we want them to be animated, for no one can give what he does not have.

  Vincent de Paul

  Order, Giving, Water

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1993). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Apr. 1650-July 1653”, New City Pr

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• If you grant asylum to so many refugees, your house may be sacked sooner by the soldiers; I see that clearly. The question is, however, whether, because of this danger, you should refuse to practice such a beautiful virtue as charity.

  Vincent de Paul

  Beautiful, Practice, House

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

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• 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.

  Vincent de Paul

  Men, Praying, Our Family

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

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• That's what our Rules engage us to do, to help poor persons, our lords and masters.

  Vincent de Paul

  Helping, Lord, Poor

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• What a reason the Company has for observing its Rules faithfully: to do what the Son of God came into the world to do! That there should be a Company, and that it should be the Company of the Mission, composed of poor men, and that it should be entirely dedicated to that purpose, going here and there through hamlets and villages, leaving the towns behind-something that's never been done-and going to announce the Gospel only to persons who are poor; yet, those are our Rules!

  Vincent de Paul

  Son, Men, Leaving

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• An honorable man would never abandon his friend in time of need, especially if they were in a foreign country. Why? For fear of acting like a coward or of being boorish. I repeat, I admire the fact that, those persons have, through human respect, more courage than Christians and priests have, through charity or through their good intentions.

  Vincent de Paul

  Leadership, Christian, Country

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

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• That infinite and indescribable good which is there above races as swiftly to love as a ray of light to a bright body.It gives of itself according to the ardor it finds, so that as charity spreads farther the eternal good increases upon it,and the more souls there are who love, up there, the more there are to love well, and the more love they reflect to each other, as in a mirror.

  Dante Alighieri

  Mirrors, Light, Race

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• To expect people to be good, to be just, to be temperate, etc., without showing them how they should become so, seems like the ineffectual charity mentioned by the apostle, which consisted in saying to the hungry, the cold and the naked, be ye fed, be ye warmed, be ye clothed, without showing them how they should get food, fire or clothing.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Fire, People, Naked

  Benjamin Franklin “Poor Richard Day by Day”, Lulu.com

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