Paula White Quotes

Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.

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.

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

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

I do not think I exaggerate when I say that some of us put our offering in the plate with a kind of triumphant bounce as much as to say: "There - now God will feel better!" I am obliged to tell you that God does not need anything you have. He does not need a dime of your money. It is your own spiritual welfare at stake in such matters as these. You have the right to keep what you have all to yourself - but it will rust and decay, and ultimately ruin you.

How grateful I am for the law of tithing. It is the Lord's law of finance.

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

Skating, I think I was told once, is the second most expensive sport. My family's had to refinance three times - they really want to do anything that it takes for my dreams to come true. I hope to one day have a family that I can do that for and kind of give back in the same way that my family gave to me.

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.

If 10 percent is good enough for the Lord, it ought to be good enough for Uncle Sam.

With all my heart, I plead with the Latter-day Saints to live honestly with the Lord in the payment of tithes and offerings. I plead with youth to establish this habit while you are still young and to resolve to continue with it all the days of your lives.

Halcyon people have put aside and left their homes, their million dollar salaries, full professorships at major universities, and fully seed-funded startup companies to be part of this effort.

I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.

Tithing is like training wheels when it comes to giving. It's intended to help you get started, but not recommended for the Tour de France.

The only genuine elite is the elite of those men and women who gave their lives to justice and charity.

The people I've known who've done great things of that type - you know, building hospitals, running schools - are very humble people. They give their lives to the project.

You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.

Sacrifice to me is something you do without expecting something in return.

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.

I don't think it says anywhere in the Bible that tithing should be calculated on a before-tax basis.

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.

Use your wealth to serve God.

Each January, I put God first and honor him with the first of our substance by sowing a first fruits offering of one month's pay. That is a big sacrifice, but it is a seed for the harvest I am believing for in the coming year. And God always provides!

My name is Brock and it also means 'broke.' I'm going for broke - I intend to give everything away of everything I have over time.

First Fruits is more than just an offering... it's a principle.