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Charity Quotes by Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
- Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
- I do not doubt that all those who have received Baptism anywhere and from whomever do have Baptism, as long as it was consecrated with…
- O Sacrament of Love! O sign of Unity! O bond of Charity! He who would have Life finds here indeed a Life to live in…
- Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
- Charity is the root of all good works.
- The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it; and when it…
- Now the Apostle, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, says, "Knowledge inflates: but love edifies." The only correct inerpretation of this saying is that…
- In what is necessary, unity; in what is not necessary, liberty and in all things charity.
- Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul's beauty.
- You cannot attain to charity except through humility.
More Charity Quotes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- You must also remember that the world has God to govern it, and He has not left it to our charity. The… — Swami Vivekananda
- Test everything, try everything, and then believe it, and if you find it for the good of many, give it to all. — Swami Vivekananda
- Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so… — Muhammad Yunus
- Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. — Francis of Assisi
- Words, vows, gifts, tears, and love's full sacrifice, He offers in another's enterprise; But more in Troilus thousand-fold I see Than in… — William Shakespeare
- Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away… — Swami Vivekananda
- It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never… — D. Elton Trueblood