Giving Quotes

“I have found that among its other

benefits, giving liberates the soul of
the giver.
Maya Angelou

“Always give without remembering

and always receive without forgetting.
Brian Tracy
 “Giving does not only precede
receiving; it is the reason for it. It is in
giving that we receive.
Israelmore Ayivor

“It’s easier to take than to give. It’s

nobler to give than to take. The thrill
of taking lasts a day. The thrill of
giving lasts a lifetime.
Joan Marques

“No one has ever become poor from

giving.
Anne Frank

“Happiness doesn’t result from what

we get, but from what we give.
Ben Carson
“Money is not the only commodity that
is fun to give. We can give time, we can
give our expertise, we can give our
love, or simply give a smile. What does
that cost? The point is, none of us can
ever run out of something worthwhile
to give.
Steve Goodier

“Sometimes those who give the most

are the ones with the least to spare.
Mike Mclntyre

“We make a living by what we get. We

make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill

“You give but little when you give of

your possessions. It is when you give
of yourself that you truly give.
 Kahlil Gibran

“Remember that the happiest people

are not those getting more, but those
giving more.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“The meaning of life is to find your

gift. The purpose of life is to give it
away.
Pablo Picasso

“Too often we underestimate the

power of a touch, a smile, a kind word,
a listening ear, an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring, all of
which have the potential to turn a life
around.
Leo Buscaglia
Philanthropist Quotes

“Those who are happiest are those

who do the most for others.
Booker T. Washington

“Help others without any reason and

give without the expectation of
receiving anything in return.
Roy T. Bennett

“Service to others is the rent you pay

for your room here on earth.
 Mohammed Ali

“We know only too well that what we

are doing is nothing more than a drop
in the ocean. But if the drop were not
there, the ocean would be missing
something.
Mother Teresa

“Change will not come if we wait for

some other person or some other time.
We are the ones we’ve been waiting
for. We are the change that we seek.
President Barack Obama

“Everyone can be great because

everyone can serve.
Martin Luther King
Jr.
“He who wishes to secure the good of
others has already secured his own.
Confucius

“The next time you want to withhold

your help, or your love, or your
support for another for whatever the
reason, ask yourself a simple question:
do the reasons you want to withhold it
reflect more on them or on you? And
which reasons do you want defining
you forevermore?
Dan Pearce

“The most precious thing I have to give

is my time.
Silvia Hartmann
 “It is every man’s obligation to put
back into the world at least the
equivalent of what he takes out of it.
Albert Einstein

“No act of kindness, no matter how

small, is ever wasted.
Aesop

“Think of giving not as a duty, but as a

privilege.
John D. Rockefeller Jr.

“The best thing to do with the best

things in life is to give them away.
Dorothy Day
Quotes on Community

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 “Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful committed citizens can
change the world: indeed, it’s the only
thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead

“As we work to create light for others,

we naturally light our own way.
Mary Anne Radmacher

“Since you get more joy out of giving

joy to others, you should put a good
deal of thought into the happiness that
you are able to give.
Eleanor Roosevelt

“We are not put on this earth for

ourselves, but are placed here for each
other. If you are always there for
others, then in time of need, someone
will be there for you.
Jeff Warner

“Not until the creation and

maintenance of decent conditions of
life for all people are recognized and
accepted as a common obligation of all
people and all countries—not until
then shall we, with a certain degree of
justification, be able to speak of
humankind as civilized.
Albert Einstein

“There is no better exercise for your

heart than reaching down and helping
to lift someone up.
Bernard Meltzer
“If you’re in the luckiest one percent
of humanity, you owe it to the rest of
humanity to think about the other 99
percent.
Warren Buffett

“We cannot live only for ourselves. A

thousand fibers connect us with our
fellow men.
Herman Melville

“The greatness of a community is most

accurately measured by the
compassionate actions of its members.
Coretta Scott King

“One of the marvelous things about

community is that it enables us to
welcome and help people in a way we
couldn’t as individuals. When we pool
 our strength and share the work and
responsibility, we can welcome many
people, even those in deep distress, and
perhaps help them find self-confidence
and inner healing.
Jean Vanier
Charity Quotes
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“Love is not patronizing and charity

isn’t about pity, it is about love.
Charity and love are the same—with
charity you give love, so don’t just give
money but reach out your hand
instead.
Mother Teresa

“While we do our good works let us

not forget that the real solution lies in
a world in which charity will have
become unnecessary.
Chinua Achebe

“Where there is charity and wisdom,

there is neither fear nor ignorance.
Francis of Assisi
 “What virtue is there in a man who
demonstrates goodness because he has
been bred to it? It is his habit from
youth. But a man who has known
unkindness and want, for him to be
kind and charitable to those who have
been the cause of his misfortunes, that
is a virtuous man.
Deanna Raybourn

“Love cannot remain by itself—it has

no meaning. Love has to be put into
action and that action is service.
Mother Teresa

“Wealth isn’t always measured in

dollar signs. We each have time, talent,
and creativity, all of which can be
powerful forces for positive change.
Share your blessings in whatever form
they come and to whatever level you
have been blessed.
 Jon M. Huntsman

“You have not lived today until you

have done something for someone who
can never repay you.
John Bunyan

“The simplest acts of kindness are by

far more powerful than a thousand
heads bowing in prayer.
Mahatma Ghandi

“The life of a man consists not in

seeing visions and dreaming dreams,
but in active charity and in willing
service.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“The unselfish effort to bring cheer to
others will be the beginning of a
happier life for ourselves.
Helen Keller