Giving Money Quotes

• Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.

  John Wesley

  Money, Giving, Methodists

  "The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M". Book edited by John Emory, Volume I, p. 446. Sermon 50: "The Use of Money", 1840.

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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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  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Love, Funny, Women

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• Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Happiness, Witty, Money

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• Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Perseverance, Retirement

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• Fundraising is also always a call conversion. And this comes to both those who seek funds and those who have funds. Whether we are asking for money or giving money we are drawn together by God, who is about to do a new thing through our collaboration.

  Henri

  Fundraising, Having Fun, Together

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• Giving money effectively is almost as hard as earning it in the first place.

  Bill Gates

  Earning It, Fundraising, Firsts

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• If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

  Billy Graham

  Motivational, Money, Attitude

  Billy Graham (2010). “Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional”, p.141, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

  "How to Write a Gratitude Speech" by Peggy Epstein, bizfluent.com. September 26, 2017.

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• When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.

  Wayne Dyer

  Life, Money, Generosity

  "Dr. Wayne Dyer Lives On" by Stephanie Seibel, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 3, 2015.

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• The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.

  Seth Godin

  Way, Causes, Feels

  "Thinking about money" by Seth Godin, sethgodin.typepad.com. June 30, 2013.

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• What you keep for yourself, you lose. What you give away, you keep forever

  Axel Munthe

  Christmas, Forever, Wealth

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• One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

  George Eliot

  Money, Luxury, Giving

  George Eliot (2016). “Complete Works Of George Eliot”, p.2974, ShandonPress

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• Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Peace, Money

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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• Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

  Erich Fromm

  Love, Family, Happiness

  Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.29, Open Road Media

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• To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Education, Money

  Aristotle (1869). “The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle”, p.56

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• You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  People, Libertarian, Poverty

  P.J. O'Rourke (1991). “PARLIAMENT OF WHORES A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”

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• Money often costs too much.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Money, Greatest Wealth

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.58, Harvard University Press

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• The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

  Henry Ford

  Life, Money, Inspiration

  Henry Ford (2015). “My Life and Work: Top Biography”, p.130, 谷月社

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• Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Inspirational, Funny, Money

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”, p.24, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• …Spread your love everywhere you go.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Men, Jewish Community, Charity

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1948). “Aquinas Selected Political Writings”

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• Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell; it’s a place for those who love God. You can scare people into coming to your church, you can scare people into trying to be good, you can scare people into giving money, you can even scare them into walking down an aisle and praying a certain prayer, but you cannot scare people into loving God. You just can’t do it.

  Matt Chandler

  Prayer, People, Heaven

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• In U.S. politics, 'compassion' means giving money and privileges to well organized interest groups at everyone else's expense.

  Paul Craig Roberts

  Mean, Compassion, Politics

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