Tryon Edwards Quotes

You'll never see a U-Haul behind a hearse. ... Now, I've been blessed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in my life. I can't take it with me, and neither can you. It's not how much you have but what you do with what you have.

I love to give money away. I don't know if it makes my children and grandchildren all that happy.

The man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was his to administer during his life, will pass away unwept, unhonoured and insung no matter to what uses he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him.

I will give away at least half my wealth during my lifetime and after my death. In the meantime, I'll continue to grow my wealth as much as possible so that the amount I bequeath to charities and worthy causes can be as substantial as possible.

I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.

I believe in two things: One, Andrew Carnegie said, 'He who dies with wealth dies in shame.' And someone once said, 'He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.'

As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.

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

I've always thought that people who left a great deal of money in their will never enjoyed the great honor and privilege and heart-rendering feeling of giving to others during their lifetime, because they were too selfish to give to others while they were alive, so they made sure they were dead and couldn't use it anymore.

My husband and I are big givers to charity, and we are teaching our son Barron all about giving his old toys away to children who might not have any.

Before I pass, I want to start an orphanage and name it after my mother. She worked with kids all her life.

Why should someone who has $5 billion only give away $2.5 billion? They can't take it with them.

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

I definitely think leaving kids massive amounts of money is not a favor to them.

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.

I have to get my will in order. I have to get the Macondo Foundation going. I want to invest the money and resources that I've gotten from working so hard so that it's shared and it has its life beyond me.

The more I make the more I can give away.

Money was made for the free-hearted and generous.

Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.

Giving is the safety valve that releases the excess pressure of wealth.

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

Learn how to grow out of yourself and into the world of others: Plant a shade tree under which you know you will never sit. Set some goals that may benefit your children or an orphanage or the employees of your company or future generations or your own city, fifty years from now.

What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

But thousands die without or this or that, Die, and endow a college or a cat.

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.