Thomas Guthrie Quotes

True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.

I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.

Light tomorrow with today!

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

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged.

When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves.

The highest of distinctions is service to others.

I try to be a good person every day. If you didn't like me, there would be something wrong with you, because I really go out and work as hard as I can to help people. I put myself last - always. I'm a giver all the way.

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

Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

You got to risk something to be able to give something, you know?

Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.

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.

A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

Giving is true having.

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.

Give up as much as you're willing to receive back and give yourself, if that makes any sense. Whatever that is, don't expect more from a person than what you're willing to give, but give it knowing that you're giving it - it's been given, so don't expect anything else.

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.

If you want to be happy, make others happy!

My father is the man that, he will give you what he doesn't have, still. If he has 10 bucks and you need 10 bucks because you're sick or you don't have nothing to eat, he will give you 10 bucks. He will be at zero, but he will help you. That's the kind of man that my father is.

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.