John Wesley Quotes

My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.

When God blesses you financially, don't raise your STANDARD OF LIVING. raise your STANDARD OF GIVING.

Given our abundance, the burden of proof should always be on keeping, not giving. Why would you not give? We err by beginning with the assumption that we should keep or spend the money God entrusts to us. Giving should be the default choice. Unless there is a compelling reason to spend it or keep it, we should give it.

The best way of enjoying your money is to spend it on other people. I don't need much.

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.

Those who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.

It's best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It's easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it's a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million.

Cultivate the giving habit as you do the saving habit.

On why he has donated $600 million to selected charities. I simply decided I had enough money.

Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.

I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.

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.

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.

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.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

I want to give away the money. I don't want to die with it. I want the money to be used well.

You know, I'm not gonna take my money with me to heaven or hell, wherever I'm going. So I want to do something good with it even though my means are very limited. I'm no millionaire!

Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others. My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.

Once you have money you're gonna want to give back. And it's the best, best feeling.

Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the lips of the poor be the trumpet of thy gift, lest in seeking applause, thou lose thy reward. Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand and a closed mouth.

I have always been generous because I know that I have done well in life and I believe it is part of my duty to give back. So I am always been philanthropic.

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

God does not need our money. But you and I need the experience of giving it

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.

To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.