Simon Mainwaring Quotes

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.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

Giving is what makes a nation great.

My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

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.

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

I give to panhandlers on occasion, especially around the holidays, but have always been involved with charity, which was an important part of the way I was brought up. My siblings and I knew early on in life that we were incredibly fortunate and have never taken that for granted, so we recognize the importance of giving back.

If people are going to give, they're going to give. And it doesn't matter if you give a dollar or five dollars or a hundred dollars or a million dollars; it's all according to your ability.

I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Philanthropy is in the DNA of my family.

You can't beg from people what they're not willing to give you.

For over 35 years, I've been making charitable donations anonymously.

My girls and I regularly go through their rooms to find clothes and toys to donate to charities. I firmly believe that children who have been given so much need to experience the joy that comes from giving.

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

The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people creating funds and giving back in all sorts of productive ways. It's a terrifically satisfying thing.

I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

I admire people like Warren Buffett that are donating so much money to charity.

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.