"Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting." [Elizabeth Bibesco (1897 – 1945) was an English writer and aristocrat.]

"God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving." [Randy Alcorn (1954 - ), American Protestant author and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, a non-profit Christian organization dedicated to promoting a worldview with eternal perspective.]

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” [Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English writer and social critic, best known for enduring classics, A CHRISTMAS CAROL and DAVID COPPERFIELD.]

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” [Winston Churchill (1874-1965), former British Prime Minister and widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century in recognition of his leadership during WWII.]

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” [Kahlil Gibran (1883-1921), Lebanese artist, poet, and writer, best known for his work THE PROPHET.]

"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." [Kahlil Gibran (1883-1921), Lebanese artist, poet, and writer, best known for his work THE PROPHET.]

"No one has ever become poor by giving." [Anne Frank (1929-1945), teenage Jewish Holocaust victim, immortalized by her own words recovered and published as THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.]

"You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving." [Amy Carmichael (1867-1951), Irish Protestant Christian missionary to India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur, and wrote extensively on her experiences there.]

“One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.” [George Eliot, a.k.a. Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), English novelist, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.]

"All you have shall some day be given; therefore give now, that the season of giving
 may be yours and not your inheritors." [Kahlil Gibran (1883-1921), Lebanese artist, poet, and writer, best known for his work THE PROPHET.]

"A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman. 'I've been thinking,' he said, 'I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone.'" [Author unknown]

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do." [Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), American author, historian and Unitarian minister.]

"The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do more for the betterment of life." [Henry Ford (1863-1947), famed American auto maker.]

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." [Edmund Burke (1729-17971), Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher.]

"Go the extra mile.  It’s never crowded." [Author unknown]

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.  It’s not." [Dr. Seuss, a.k.a. Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), American writer, poet, and cartoonist, best known for his children's stories like GREEN EGGS AND HAM and HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS.]

"It is the heart that does the giving; the fingers only let go." [Nigerian proverb]