No, the Lord doesn't really need us to take care of the poor, but we need this experience; for it is only through our learning how to take care of each other that we develop within us the Christlike love and disposition necessary to qualify us to return to his presence.
Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.
I call my putter 'Sweet Charity' because it covers such a multitude of sins from tee to green.
Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others.
Conservatives believe in traditional values. Not because we want to impose our views on anyone, but because to abandon those values would be to ignore our history. Americans are not the most generous people on earth because our laws make us generous. People do not contribute to charity in this country in record amounts because we have a tax break from it. We do so because this nation has been shaped by Judeo-Christian principles that teach us that we have an obligation to care for one another.
I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.
The one thing that the Catholic Church desires, and that I seek as Bishop of Rome, “the Church which presides in charity”, is communion with the Orthodox Churches.
Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.
The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window.
We only begin to realize the value of our possessions when we commence to do good to others with them. No earthly investment pays so large an interest as charity.
True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.
Charity is not one of the virtues practiced on the stock market. The heart of a bank is but one of many viscera.
Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts- O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power So to seduce!
He who gives early gives twice.
The sahara desert the Rapunzel the charity the gifted tales.
Justice comes before charity.
Real charity and real ability never to condemn-the one real virtue-is so often the result of a waking experience that gives a glimpse of what lies beneath things.
I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting bread upon the waters.
All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.
IIFA is always involved in charity, and that's why it's a great thing that I am a part of IIFA and will continue to work along with them.