Wendell Berry Quotes

I really enjoy being able to spend my time doing different charitable and philanthropic activities.

Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.

One of the things that evangelicals do really, really well is to make giving a joyous, social enterprise. Too often, the world sees giving as a burden, a sacrifice, when in fact it's more like an opportunity to help others and oneself at the same time.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

Working on 'Big Give' was an opportunity that I felt compelled to do. It was my chance to share in showing people how they can give big in their own life, to send the message that giving goes way beyond the gift of money. We want to share that the best thing you can give is your time and understanding.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

If I hadn't given my money away, I'd have had more than anyone else on the planet.

No matter how you decide to spend a little more time on your gestures of giving, the point is just quite simply that you do.

Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.

Obviously its nice to give your time and especially when there is money being raised. It's rewarding.

It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term "activism," which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. . . . We made giving exciting.

Who is Tom? There is no Tom. If we sell a pair of shoes today, we give away a pair of shoes tomorrow. Originally we thought of "Tomorrow's Shoes," but I could only fit "TOMS" on the label. I had no idea everybody would want to meet him. There is no Tom; it's an idea for a better tomorrow.

I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away their time, their energy and their ideas.

Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue.

Wealth is nothing in itself; it is not useful but when it departs from us.

In charity there is no excess.

The point is to do something, however small, and show you care through your actions by giving your time.

It is hard to sell Congress and the American people on foreign aid. Is it harder to do that than it is to sell billionaires on the idea that they should give all their money away.

What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

I care for riches, to make gifts.

The greatest deterrent to giving is the illusion that this earth is our home.

It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana.

It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you...yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand.