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It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
Oct 1, 2025
You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity.
Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
Christian life consists of faith and charity
True love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have.
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist.
Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
I cannot change the world, but I do not have to conform.
I am but a small pencil in the hand of a writing God
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.
You only need a heart full of grace
When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
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.
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
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.
Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.
I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
You cannot do a kindness too soon.
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
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.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
The more you give, the more you live.
The more you give, the more you can give.
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.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!