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FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT PHILANTROPY & GIVING

  • “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” ― Albert Pike
  • “Rather than being a human, be a humanitarian” ― Kowtham Kumar K
  • “Philanthropy is at its best when it is collaborative and inclusive.” ― Oscar Auliq-Ice
  • “Philanthropy has the power to ensure all people have an equal opportunity to achieve their full potential.” ― Oscar Auliq-Ice
  • “If you’re in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%.”Warren Buffet
  • “Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.” Meyers Jr
  • “Philanthropy is not about money; it’s about feeling the pain of others and caring enough about their needs to help.” Timothy Pina
  • “Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven’t been done before.” Eli Broad
  •  “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” Charles Dickens
  • “We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill
  • “Philanthropy is not about money. It’s about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.” Melina Gates

  • “No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank
  • “Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference.” Kathy Calvin
  • “We rise by lifting others.” Robert Ingersoll
  • “Giving opens the way for receiving.” Florence Scovel Shinn
  • “When you learn, teach. When you get, give.” Maya Angelou
  • “I learned to give not because I have much, but because I know exactly how it feels to have nothing.” Anonymous
  • “At the end it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished. It’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.” Denzel Washington
  • “Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.” Ben Carson
  • “Don’t expect to receive if you’re not willing to give.” Anonymous
  • “Selfless giving is the art of living.” Frederick Lenz
  • “Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.” Robin Sharma
  • “Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life.” Bryant McGill
  • “Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.” Jim Rohn
  • “If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.” Proverb
  • “A hand gets way cleaner from washing, not itself, but the other hand.” ― MokokomaMokhonoana
  • “As you give, your hand stretches.As you take, your hand shortens.” ― Martin UzochukwuUgwu
  • “Philanthropy comes in all sizes but they all weigh the same.” ― MohithAgadi
  • “If we help each other, we will gain more kindness out of every single kind act that we do.”― Putri Agustina
  • “A truly compassionate man gives a poor person a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.”― MokokomaMokhonoana
  • “The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the universe, and He won’t let you outgive Him. Go ahead and try. See what happens.”  Randy Alcorn
  • “A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God’s.” Tim Keller
  • “Be someone’s sunshine when their skies are grey.”
  • “When you open your heart to giving, angels fly to your door.”
  • “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” – Ronald ReaganWHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GENEROSITY?
  • Matthew 19:21 says- Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
  • Acts 2:44-26 says- And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity.
  • Galatians 2:10 says- All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
  • Deuteronomy 15:7-8 says- If there should be a poor man among your relatives in one of the cities of the land that the Lord your God is about to give you, don’t be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your poor relative. Instead, be sure to open your hand to him and lend him enough to lessen his need.
  • Hebrews 13:16 says- Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
  • Luke 3:10-11 says- And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
  • Matthew 5:42 says- Give to everyone who asks you for something. Don’t turn anyone away who wants to borrow something from you.
  • Psalm 41:1-3 says- Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble. The LORD protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies. The LORD nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health.
  • Proverbs 29:7 says- The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
  • Proverbs 28:27 says- Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to poverty will be cursed.
  • Psalm 112:5-7 says- Good comes to those who lend money generously and conduct their business fairly. Such people will not be overcome by evil. Those who are righteous will be long remembered. They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the LORD to care for them.
  • 1 Timothy 6:17-18 says- Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate.
  • Psalm 37:26 says- The godly always give generous loans to others, and their children are a blessing.
  •  Acts 20:35 says- In every way I showed you that by working hard like this we should help the weak and remember the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
  • Proverbs 21:26 says- Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give!
  • Proverbs 11:25-27 says- The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

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