“"The best things to do with the best things in life is to give them away."”
"I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least."
- Dorothy Day
Love
"What we would like to do is change the world — make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do."
- Dorothy Day
Compassion
"People say, 'What is the sense of our small effort?' They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do."
- Dorothy Day
Motivation
"We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community."
- Dorothy Day
Connection to Earth
"The best things to do with the best things in life is to give them away."
- Dorothy Day
Generosity
"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone."
- Charles M. Schulz
Generosity
"Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."
- Dale Evans
Generosity
"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."
- Peg Bracken
Generosity
"As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving."
- Gordon B. Hinckley
Generosity
"For it is in giving that we receive."
- Francis of Assisi
Generosity