Wilfred Grenfell Quotes

Giving is the highest level of living.

In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.

Personally I am always looking for God to show me where He would like me to give or make a difference in someone else’s life. I wake up every day and ask God how He would like me to be a blessing to someone that day.

Giving is like a muscle. To be strong, you have to exercise it, and to grow as a person, giving is the exercise. You can't really enjoy anything without sharing it.

Altruism is the best source of happiness. There is no doubt about that.

Let us give out of our own bounty, just as God gives to us.

The most important thing is contribution because the secret to living is giving. If you catch on to that you start realizing that there's nothing you can get that comes close to what you can give. Life is calling all of us to be more than just about ourselves and that is when we get that spiritual hit.

There is incredible value in being of service to others.

The needs of others are ever present, and each of us can do something to help someone.... Unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives.

Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.

Nothing can give you greater joy than doing something for another.

I learned that real happiness doesn’t come from getting but from giving.

True religion always moves us to serve others and to give our lives to see those oppressed find freedom.

When you discover the wonder of giving, you will wonder how you could have lived so long in any other way.

Remember, purpose is about giving...All you can do with your life is to give it away in the service of others.

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?

The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity--to serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the questions,"How can I help? How can I help all those that I come into contact with?" When you combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to humanity, then you make full use of the Law of Dharma.

You get most things in life not by taking, but by giving.

The desire to serve the common good must without fail be a requisite of the soul, a necessity for personal happiness; if it issuesnot from there, but from theoretical or other considerations, it is not at all the same thing.

The motive, if you are to find inner peace, must be an outgoing motive. Service, of course-service. Giving, not getting. Your motive must be good if your work is to have good effect. The secret of life is being of service.

I'm blessed to be a blessing to someone else.

But shouldn't all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power?

Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

You cannot continue to succeed in the world or have a fulfilling life in the world unless you choose to use your life in the service somehow to others and give back what you have been given. That's how you keep it. That's how you get it. That's how you grow it.