Thomas Fuller Quotes

Bangladesh is not a rich country, but we have a big heart.

I'm very rich - in friends. I'm too nice a fellow. I give most of my money away.

Mrs. Madison was a remarkably fine woman. She was beloved by everybody in Washington, white and colored. Whenever soldiers marched by, during the war, she always sent out and invited them in to take wine and refreshments, giving them liberally of the best in the house…. In the last days of her life, before Congress purchased her husband's papers, she was in a state of absolute poverty, and I think sometimes suffered for the necessaries of life. While I was a servant to Mr. (Daniel) Webster, he often sent me to her with a market-basket full of provisions, and told me whenever I saw anything in the house that I thought she was in need of, to take it to her. I often did this, and occasionally gave her small sums from my own pocket, though I had years before bought my freedom of her.

The poverty of a man of benevolence is not to be considered as poverty but only as his temporary inability to exercise his inherent duty.

Modi may be rich in politics but is poor at heart.

I have always given money away. I haven't always been wealthy - the opposite, in fact. But I have always felt that I wanted people to share it with me.

There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people.

I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.

It's very, very hard to be generous and compassionate if you haven't got a dollar in you back pocket to pay for it, to actually pay for those services that people need.

You can't beg from people what they're not willing to give you.

Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lies man's only promise.

The more riches you have, the more you can share. So I like to share everything that I have that's of value.

One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.

There's something very visceral about watching people beg for money. It's powerful.

We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion.

I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

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.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

I'm not a rich man, and Greg Lake is certainly not. I don't know how he can survive. I don't know how he can be that suicidal. But having said that, I'd love to be there to help Greg.

You may feel overwhelmed by your own poverty and the labors of the day. But if you decide not to wait until you have more strength and more money, and if you pray for the Holy Spirit as you go, you will, when you arrive, know what to do and how to help someone even poorer than you are.

Look for a sweet person. Forget rich.

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

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