Giving Quotes by Fulton J. Sheen

16 Giving quotes by Fulton J. Sheen

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Fulton J. Sheen offers a thoughtful set of sixteen meditations on giving, blending theological depth with practical advice. His words invite readers to view generosity as a spiritual practice that shapes both character and community.

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Our generosity is measured not by what we give but by what we keep.

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Facts themselves do not give knowledge

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Nature gives man corn but he must grind it; God gives man a will but he must make the right choices.

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Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.

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Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left.

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Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are always ready to…

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There is only one thin in the world that is really our own-and that is our will...Our will is ours for all…

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Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord…

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The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons…

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Love is the key to the mystery. Love by its very nature is not selfish, but generous. It seeks not its own,…

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The humble, simple souls, who are little enough to see the bigness of God in the littleness of a Babe, are therefore…

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Lenten practices of giving up pleasures are good reminders that the purpose of life is not pleasure. The purpose of life is…

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In all human love it must be realized that every man promises a woman, and every woman promises a man that which…

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“The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for his…

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The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or…

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By a beautiful paradox of Divine love, God makes His Cross the very means of our salvation and our life. We have…

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Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

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Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

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“The Church makes no man less free than he was before. But we chiefly value freedom in order to give it away; every man…

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“To those who rejected Him, righteousness would one day appear as a terrible justice; to the sinful men who accepted Him and allied themselves…

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It is easy to find truth, though it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it.

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One function of the angels is illumination, and the other function is that of being a guardian.

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