Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes

Charity is indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as that is possible; for it is charity which makes the man.

Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.

Charity is a flower not naturally of earthly growth, and it needs manuring with a promise of profit.

I urge all Texans to answer the call to serve those in need. By volunteering their time, energy or resources to helping others, adults and youngsters follow Christ's message of love and service in thought and deed. Therefore I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in Texas and urge the appropriate recognition whereof. In official recognition whereof, I hereby affix my signature this 17th day of March, 2000.

Charity never faileth.

For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.

Good works are links that form a chain of love" Mother Theresa

Charity itself fulfills the law. And who can sever love from charity?

Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose.

All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity.

Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he is the highest man whose hand goes out in giving. The hand was made to give always. Give the last bit of bread you have even if you are starving. You will be free in a moment if you starve yourself to death by giving to another. Immediately you will be perfect, you will become God.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money.

The place of charity, like that of God, is everywhere.

There are people in need of help. Charity is one of the nobler human motivations. The act of reaching into one's own pockets to help a fellow man in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else's pocket is despicable and worthy of condemnation.

It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.

Embrace every opportunity of exercising kind feelings and doing good to others, especially to the household of faith.

Every merciful act to the needy, the suffering, is as though done to Jesus.

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.

… true evangelical faith ... clothes the naked; feeds the hungry; consoles the afflicted; shelters the miserable; aids and consoles all the oppressed; returns good for evil; serves those that injure it; prays for those that persecute it.

My faith is central to everything I do. My faith position is a Good Samaritan position of trying to watch out for the other person.

As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely. If I'm a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you're supposed to be doing.

When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and call it charity; when the crumbs are swept from our table, we think it generous to let the dogs eat them; as if that were charity which permits others to have what we cannot keep.

Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.

What we give to the poor, we lend to the Lord.

People who give will never be poor.