Dorothy Day Quotes

You've got to give away what you love.

There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

If beings knew, as I know, the results of sharing gifts, they would not enjoy their gifts without sharing them with others, nor would the taint of stinginess obsess the heart and stay there. even if it were their last and final bit of food, they would not enjoy its use without sharing it, if there were anyone to receive it

They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that's the beginning of love, to give until it hurts.

The cheapest gift I have to give is kindness, and it is the best.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

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

Every time you get something, give something away.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

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.

It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.

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

Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'.

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

Giving is true having.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.

God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.

The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world's busy life and become more interested in people than in things.