Paul Broun Quotes

Giving is above what we owe God, and that is our tithes.

Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.

As a member of the Mormon church, Romney is instructed to tithe 10 percent of his income. That's in keeping with most charitable giving: Religious institutions get about one-third of all contributions, according to 'The American' magazine.

Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.

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.

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

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.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

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.

Around 80 per cent of my money goes to charity.

Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.

I have often spoken about the importance of intentionality in philanthropy: that it has to stir the soul. This is true whether you are feeding the homeless, mentoring a child or working on climate change.

Giving is what makes a nation great.

The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to gather is to scatter.

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.

I have found that the only thing that does bring you happiness is doing something good for somebody who is incapable of doing it for themselves.

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home.

To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It's embedded in me.

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.

Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom.

There is a place and a time for philanthropy, and there is only so much money you can give away.

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.

When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man, when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!

The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.