Sophie Swetchine Quotes

Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.

Generosity is more charitable than wealth.

Those who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.

Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.

We only begin to realize the value of our possessions when we commence to do good to others with them. No earthly investment pays so large an interest as charity.

Give generously. How much is generous? There's no one-size-fits-all answer. If you've never tithed, start there - then begin to stretch your generosity.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Charity is willingly given from the heart.

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.

Anyone who has been as successful as I have should want to share those resources. Why not give some of it to charity?

The biggest thing for me with charity is awareness. Obviously as an athlete, I have an opportunity to make people more aware. The average person doesn't have that opportunity, so the best way is to spare some money, clothing, food - something. Most of us have a little excess of something that we can give.

I do my bit for charity.

I like being able to donate my comedy to charity. I'm not a billionaire, and I can't write checks.

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

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

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.

People who give will never be poor.

You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen.

When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.

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.

The more good I do, the more money has come in. You have to learn to give. You're not born to give. You're born selfish.