--- title: "16 Ifs Quotes By Dorothy Day" description: "16 Ifs quotes by Dorothy Day. Plus more from Dorothy Day and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/dorothy-day-1629_bibles_think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if_1802093.png" --- > [Think what the world could look like if we took care of the poor even half as well as we do our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if-we-took-care-of-the-poor-even/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/dorothy-day-1629_bibles_think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if_1802093.png) > [If you feed the poor, you're a saint. If you ask why they're poor, you're a Communist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-you-feed-the-poor-you-re-a-saint-if-you-ask-why-they-re-poor-you/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/dorothy-day-1629_asks_if-you-feed-the-poor-you-re-a-saint-if-y_2108170.png) > [We must always aim for the impossible; if we lower our goal, we also diminish our effort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/we-must-always-aim-for-the-impossible-if-we-lower-our-goal-we-also/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/dorothy-day-1629_aim_we-must-always-aim-for-the-impossible-if_2638208.png) > [If we love each other enough, we will bear with each other’s faults and burdens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-we-love-each-other-enough-we-will-bear-with-each-other-s-faults/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/dorothy-day-1629_bears_if-we-love-each-other-enough-we-will-bea_1502870.png) > [We should live in such a way that our lives wouldn't make much sense if the gospel were not true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/we-should-live-in-such-a-way-that-our-lives-wouldn-t-make-much-sense/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/dorothy-day-1629_christianity_we-should-live-in-such-a-way-that-our-li_2868756.png) > [If you are going to try and change things, you had better have your wits about you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-you-are-going-to-try-and-change-things-you-had-better-have-your/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/dorothy-day-1629_change_if-you-are-going-to-try-and-change-thing_482907.png) > [If you have two coats, one of them belongs to the poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-you-have-two-coats-one-of-them-belongs-to-the-poor/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/dorothy-day-1629_belongs_if-you-have-two-coats-one-of-them-belong_816300.png) > [If we had had the privilege of giving hospitality to a Ho Chi Minh, with what respect and interest we would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-we-had-had-the-privilege-of-giving-hospitality-to-a-ho-chi-minh/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/dorothy-day-1629_dreams_if-we-had-had-the-privilege-of-giving-ho_2307112.png) > [I think one of the things we must constantly keep in mind is, 'If anybody hits you on one cheek, turn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/i-think-one-of-the-things-we-must-constantly-keep-in-mind-is-if/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/dorothy-day-1629_cheek_i-think-one-of-the-things-we-must-consta_148305.png) > [Poverty is a strange and elusive thing. ... I condemn poverty and I advocate it; poverty is simple and complex at once;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/poverty-is-a-strange-and-elusive-thing-i-condemn-poverty-and-i/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/dorothy-day-1629_comfort_poverty-is-a-strange-and-elusive-thing-i_3184696.png) > [Often we comfort ourselves only with words, but if we pray enough, the conviction will come too that Christ is our King,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/often-we-comfort-ourselves-only-with-words-but-if-we-pray-enough-the/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/dorothy-day-1629_all-things_often-we-comfort-ourselves-only-with-wor_1282241.png) > [An individual can march for peace or vote for peace and can have, perhaps, some small influence on global concerns. But the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/an-individual-can-march-for-peace-or-vote-for-peace-and-can-have/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/dorothy-day-1629_bricks_an-individual-can-march-for-peace-or-vot_3173836.jpg) > [If you are rushed for time, sow time and you will reap time. Go to church and spend a quiet hour in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-you-are-rushed-for-time-sow-time-and-you-will-reap-time-go-to/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/dorothy-day-1629_church_if-you-are-rushed-for-time-sow-time-and_1456573.jpg) > [Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/do-not-give-to-the-poor-expecting-to-get-their-gratitude-so-that-you/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/dorothy-day-1629_about-yourself_do-not-give-to-the-poor-expecting-to-get_1081158.jpg) > [“Love and ever more love is the only solution to every problem that comes up. If we love each other enough, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/love-and-ever-more-love-is-the-only-solution-to-every-problem-that/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/dorothy-day-1629_bad-people_love-and-ever-more-love-is-the-only-solu_258444.png) > [If I did not believe, if I did not make what is called an act of faith (and each act of faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/if-i-did-not-believe-if-i-did-not-make-what-is-called-an-act-of-faith/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/dorothy-day-1629_believe_if-i-did-not-believe-if-i-did-not-make-w_2565903.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Dorothy Day > [“There was no attack on religion because people were generally indifferent to religion. They were neither hot nor cold. They were the tepid, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/there-was-no-attack-on-religion-because-people-were-generally/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [We must recognize the fact that many Nazis, Marxists and Fascists believe passionately in their fundamental rightness, and allow nothing to hinder them from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/we-must-recognize-the-fact-that-many-nazis-marxists-and-fascists/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [“Now don't think I've lost my mind - but I'll tell you, I'll look at some of the cards I have, some of Van…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/now-don-t-think-i-ve-lost-my-mind-but-i-ll-tell-you-i-ll-look-at-some/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [The Sexual Revolution is a complete rebellion against authority, natural and supernatural, even against the body and its needs, its natural functions of child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/the-sexual-revolution-is-a-complete-rebellion-against-authority/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [Idealism in the young, I guess I'm saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/idealism-in-the-young-i-guess-i-m-saying-is-curiosity-as-well-as/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [Voluntary poverty isn't going around with some burlap bag around you and imitating the poor. It means being indifferent to the material, doing as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/voluntary-poverty-isn-t-going-around-with-some-burlap-bag-around-you/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/women-think-with-their-whole-bodies-and-they-see-things-as-a-whole/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [My whole life so far, my whole experience has been that our failure has been not to love enough. This conviction brought me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/my-whole-life-so-far-my-whole-experience-has-been-that-our-failure/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [I think one of the things we must constantly keep in mind is, 'If anybody hits you on one cheek, turn the other.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/i-think-one-of-the-things-we-must-constantly-keep-in-mind-is-if/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/it-is-only-through-religion-that-communism-can-be-achieved-and-has/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [The Communists in Cuba didn't assist Castro in his revolution. They weren't on the side of the students. They didn't do anything to help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/the-communists-in-cuba-didn-t-assist-castro-in-his-revolution-they/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [Dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/dear-god-please-enlarge-our-hearts-to-love-each-other-to-love-our/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [A conversion is a lonely experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/a-conversion-is-a-lonely-experience/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [The sense is always that community is natural to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/the-sense-is-always-that-community-is-natural-to-people/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) > [“We must practice the presence of God. He said that when two or three are gathered together, there he is in the midst of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/we-must-practice-the-presence-of-god-he-said-that-when-two-or-three/) [Dorothy Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-day/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/dorothy-day/#itemlist", "name": "16 Ifs Quotes By Dorothy Day", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Think what the world could look like if we took care of the poor even half as well as we do our Bibles!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy Day" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-day/think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if-we-took-care-of-the-poor-even/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/dorothy-day-1629_bibles_think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if_1802093.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/dorothy-day-1629_bibles_think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if_1802093.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/dorothy-day-1629_bibles_think-what-the-world-could-look-like-if_1802093.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Think what the world could look like if we took care of the poor even half as well as we do our Bibles!” — Dorothy Day", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you feed the poor, you're a saint. 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