Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.3: In works and alms, even if by smallness of power less be done, that the will itself is sufficient

2. In works and alms, even if by smallness of power less be done, that the will itself is sufficient.

In the second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: “If there be a ready will, it is acceptable according to what a man hath, not according to that which he hath not; nor let there be to others a mitigation, but to you a burdening.