Max Lucado Quotes

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

To be a Christian is to be obligated to be charitable. This is true whether you are rich or poor, healthy or ill, old or young, male or female, oppressed or free, established or disestablished.

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.

At the final day, the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material possessions or fame. He will ask if we ministered to the sick, gave food and drink to the hungry, visited those in prison, or gave succor to the weak.

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

A child's kiss Set on thy sighing lips shall make thee glad; A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich; A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest.

The picture of Mother Teresa that I remember from my childhood is of a short, sari-wearing woman scurrying down a red gravel path between manicured lawns. She would have in tow one or two slower-footed, sari-clad young Indian nuns. We thought her a freak. Probably we'd picked up on unvoiced opinions of our Loreto nuns.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others.

Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ.

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

My girls and I regularly go through their rooms to find clothes and toys to donate to charities. I firmly believe that children who have been given so much need to experience the joy that comes from giving.

Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving.

Importantly, I still give money to homeless people - and all other charities.

My favorite is Matthew 25: 'The Lord said, 'Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do to me.' I truly believe that.

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.

It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest.

Some of our finest work comes through service to others.

Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.