Russell Brand Quotes

I want to be remembered as the biggest philanthropist in Turkey.

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

We should celebrate Christmas throughout the year, but I believe the whole concept of giving was the basis of Christmas, that it was a charitable, you know, giving, and I think we got carried away with giving.

I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.

We are come for your good, for all your goods.

Gifts can incline great hearts.

The hand that receives is always lower than the hand that gives.

I believe we all have a responsibility to try to help other people in this world. To me, my ability to help and to do good for others will only increase if I'm more known and get to that really super elite level. That would be the huge benefit for me. It would put me in a position where I could just help more people.

Personally, I've always been a philanthropist. I've always given away turkeys and did gift giveaways.

My goal from the beginning was, if I ever hit it it big, I would give back. And that continues to be my goal moving forward.

Peyton Manning donated, I think, $10 million to start a children's hospital here in Indianapolis. Whenever you see something like that, you go, 'Okay, not only can I be great on the football field, I can also be great off of the field.'

It's strange the times people choose to be generous.

You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

Great people create great acts of kindness.

If you could help millions of people, you can certainly make millions of dollars. I try to influence everyone I know to be a giver because the person that benefits most by giving is the giver.

I gave away a lot of works for benefits and then people would also give me back.

Giving is the highest expression of potency.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Philanthropy is the market for love. It is the market for all those people for whom there is no other market coming.

Why should people ever take credit for charity when they must know that they cannot gain as much pleasure out of their guineas in any other fashion?

You may have the gift of giving.

People do not give from the top of their purses but from the bottom of their hearts. If you desire to become a more generous person do not change your income. Change your heart.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.

I care for riches, to make gifts.