Dorothy Day Quotes

Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?

Give [charity] without hope or expectation of any return. To give otherwise, indeed, would scarcely be to give at all, but rather a loan.

What good being object of charity? Give away, ne'er turn to ask in return, Should there be the wealth treasured in thy heart.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

I want my music to feel like I'm giving something to someone else and not that I'm expecting something back.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

I give you something, but I don't want you to give me something tomorrow. When I give something, it's because I want to give it.

Give because you love to give - as the flower pours forth its perfume.

Pure generosity emerges when we give without the need for our offering to be received in a certain way. That’s why the best kind of generosity comes from inner abundance, rather than from feeling deficient and hollow, starved for validation.

God does not need our money. But you and I need the experience of giving it

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

Giving with the intention of receiving really isn't giving, it's trading.

Learn to give, give in plenty, give with love, give without any expectation, one does not lose anything by giving, on the other hand you get back a thousand fold.

Things themselves do not remain, but their effects do. Therefore we should not be mean and calculating with what we have but give with a generous hand. Look at how much people give to players and dancers-why not give just as much to Christ?

In the spiritual lore of India there is a story that the Lord whispered only one word in our ears when he sent us into the world: 'Give.' Give freely of your time, your talent, your resources; give without asking for anything in return. This is the secret of living in joy and security.

Philanthropy is the market for love. It is the market for all those people for whom there is no other market coming.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

The magnanimous know very well that they who give time, or money, or shelter, to the stranger--so it be done for love, and not forostentation--do, as it were, put God under obligation to them, so perfect are the compensations of the universe.