Francis Atterbury Quotes

But thousands die without or this or that, Die, and endow a college or a cat.

All you have shall some day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.

Defer not charities till death; for certainly, if a man weigh it rightly, he that doth so is rather liberal of another man's than of his own.

I want to give away the money. I don't want to die with it. I want the money to be used well.

I've always thought that people who left a great deal of money in their will never enjoyed the great honor and privilege and heart-rendering feeling of giving to others during their lifetime, because they were too selfish to give to others while they were alive, so they made sure they were dead and couldn't use it anymore.

Philanthropy is lost. The human spirit is suppressed. Most people want a legacy; they want to give something back, a library, a hospital wing, a donation to their church. This is a form of socialism that must go.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

You can't take it with you - but you can send it on ahead.

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

Looking back, if I had to live my life over, there are things I would do differently, but the one thing I would not change is my charitable giving. I'm particularly thankful for my father's advice to set goals so high that they can't possibly be achieved during a lifetime and to give help where help is needed most. That inspiration keeps me energized and eager to keep working hard every day on giving back and making the world a better place for generations to come.

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

I believe in two things: One, Andrew Carnegie said, 'He who dies with wealth dies in shame.' And someone once said, 'He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.'

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

I have anonymously helped many thousands.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have their 'Giving Pledge,' where billionaires promise to give away the majority of their wealth when they die. My Social Security Pledge is better - to give money to good causes when you are alive. Besides, more Americans can participate.

I have a pretty big fund-raising heart.

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

Why should someone who has $5 billion only give away $2.5 billion? They can't take it with them.

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

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.

I've always been generous and like giving to charities and people in need.

I think, charitable foundations are, in general, a good thing.

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