Giving To Charity Quotes - Page 3

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Winston Churchill

Inspiring, Military, Giving

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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

Washington Irving

Christmas, Thank You, Heart

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Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Henry David Thoreau

Good Life, Son, Fundraising

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If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.

Warren Buffett

Life, Thinking, Helping Others

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There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

Andrew Carnegie

Helping Others, Help And Support, People

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It is only in the giving of ourselves to others that we truly live — only with the meeting of our minds — thine and mine — do we become conscious of the divine spark each of us shares — only in sharing in our daily contacts, one with another, in our mutual hopes and fears do we find real peace. The human contribution is the essential ingredient.

Ethel Percy Andrus

Relationship, Inspiring, Giving

"The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus".

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Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

C. S. Lewis

Prayer, Helping Others, Giving

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What are you doing for others?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kings, Helping Others, Volunteer

Jim Haskins, James Haskins, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1992). “I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Millbrook Pr

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Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

Andrew Carnegie

Inspiration, People, Giving

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The miracle is this - the more you give, the more you have.

Leonard Nimoy

Giving, Miracle, Charity

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True love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

True Love, Love Is, Giving

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Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed

Mahatma Gandhi

Generosity, Charity, Given

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Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

Moliere

Helping Others, Men, Doe

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True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Emanuel Swedenborg

Desire, Charity, Philanthropy Giving

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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

Life, Happiness, Depression

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Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Norman MacEwen

Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

William James

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Khalil Gibran

Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.34, Lulu.com

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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Benjamin Disraeli

Inspirational, Friendship, Success

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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Charles Dickens

Love, Inspirational, Family

"Our Mutual Friend". Book by harles Dickens, 1865.

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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

Mitch Albom

Life, Commitment, Tuesdays With Morrie

FaceBook post by Mitch Albom from Aug 03, 2010

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I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

Twitter post from Mar 03, 2017

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It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.

Bill Cosby

Bible, Jesus, Blessed

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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Albert Camus

Life, Gratitude, Lying

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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

William James

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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