Mya Quotes

Young people, when they're left alone, always want to have compassion, and they always want to give. They always want to help people who are less fortunate.

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.'

I would like to be remembered as someone who accomplished useful deeds, and who was a kind and loving person. I would like to leave the memory of a human being with a correct attitude and who did her best to help others.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.

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

I'm a sucker for giving people money on the street. I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing, but I can't help myself.

I remember my dad, who coached football, would buy some of his players football shoes when they couldn't afford it.

Charity is willingly given from the heart.

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.

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.

For me, I think everybody with half a heart tries to do their best to do their part of good during the holiday season.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

I have anonymously helped many thousands.

To be a Christian is to be obligated to be charitable. This is true whether you are rich or poor, healthy or ill, old or young, male or female, oppressed or free, established or disestablished.

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

Around 80 per cent of my money goes to charity.

I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.

Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.

Money comes and goes. When you pass away it's about what you've done to make this world a better place.

Some of our finest work comes through service to others.

Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.