Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

There's no compassion like the penny.

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Charity is willingly given from the heart.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

For over 35 years, I've been making charitable donations anonymously.

Importantly, I still give money to homeless people - and all other charities.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

I have anonymously helped many thousands.

I admire people like Warren Buffett that are donating so much money to charity.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.'

My father has been to me a paragon of what actualizing philanthropic potential can be.

Charity should always be a constant.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts.

I have a pretty big fund-raising heart.

Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing.

I have always worked and I would say I'm generous with money - if somebody needed anything I would always give it to them.

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

I never used the press for anything except my charity.

Actors are very generous.

Whenever I see people in difficulty, I just try to help them. In fact, I believe I have helped over 700,000 people in my life.