Swami Vivekananda Quotes

When you discover the wonder of giving, you will wonder how you could have lived so long in any other way.

As a youngster in the projects, I definitely didn't have anything. So if you get something, you want to be able to give back and help others.

Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

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.

I believe we all have a responsibility to try to help other people in this world. To me, my ability to help and to do good for others will only increase if I'm more known and get to that really super elite level. That would be the huge benefit for me. It would put me in a position where I could just help more people.

I give to panhandlers on occasion, especially around the holidays, but have always been involved with charity, which was an important part of the way I was brought up. My siblings and I knew early on in life that we were incredibly fortunate and have never taken that for granted, so we recognize the importance of giving back.

However little of anything you have, you can always find someone who has less. Find that someone, and give to them from the abundance that is yours.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

Giving is like a muscle. To be strong, you have to exercise it, and to grow as a person, giving is the exercise. You can't really enjoy anything without sharing it.

The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.

When paying charity, one should smile and be humble, allowing the hand of the indigent to be above the giver's hand.

You cannot be so poor that you cannot help somebody.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

For me, I get immense pleasure out of giving. I do what I can. I try and give around 10% of my earnings a year. Some years, I give more, some I give less.

The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people creating funds and giving back in all sorts of productive ways. It's a terrifically satisfying thing.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

To be loved is important as is having a sense of accomplishment but to love is equally important in life especially when it is combined with taking action to do something for someone else to make their life better.

Being charitable provides a boost to your psyche that is tough to replicate in any other way. But note that although any charity will happily take your money, you can give in other ways and still reap the same happiness reward. Volunteering and donating your old or unused belongings have the same result.

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

Acting is a smaller piece in a big puzzle. There are charity things I want to immerse myself in and want to have the time to go and give back to people who don't have the opportunities I have. It's a very important thing to me.