Quotes about Giving

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

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

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.

The Bible sets no percentage goal in giving. Giving 10 percent of your gross income does not necessarily mean you have fulfilled the will of God.

Lavish giving and open homes are close to the center of life in Christ.

Whatever you want in life, you've got to give away first.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Prosperity is right. Amen. We prosper to prosper others. We prosper to prosper God's kingdom, so come believing.

The lesson God engraved on my heart that day was while I didn't necessarily need the money, she needed to give it. The exchange itself—both the giving and the receiving—illustrates a key characteristic of Christian community. To open-handedly bless others from the riches God has so generously given us and to open-handedly receive blessings from others binds believers together in an interdependent, Jesus-and-others-oriented web of grace.

If we're free to dare — and we are — if we're free to give — and we are — then we're free to shape the future and have within our grasp all that we dream the future will be.