Grace Metalious Quotes

True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.

When there is money, there is also greed. Everyone wants to talk to you when there is money. Only if you have the passion for it, you must become a philanthropist, else it'll become a headache.

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.

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

Wealth and compassion are opposites.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

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.

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

Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.

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

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

I feel that doing business is just like practising Buddhism. Money is not your only purpose. Your purpose is to make things better for other people, and in the end, money will come as a result.

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.

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

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

Gold thou mayst safely touch; but if it stick Unto thy hands, it woundeth to the quick.

Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking, covetous miser, they are good for nothing.

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

Things themselves do not remain, but their effects do. Therefore we should not be mean and calculating with what we have but give with a generous hand. Look at how much people give to players and dancers-why not give just as much to Christ?

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Money is evil.

The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.