My mother always wanted to give back.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.

In assisting his ‚neighbour‘ every day to the best of his ability, and keeping truth, honesty, and kindness perpetually before him, the Boy Scout, with as little formality as possible, is pleasing God.

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Money doesn’t mean anything to me. I’ve made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Any hand that I’ve shaken, any person that I met when I was Joe Blow, now that I’m this guy Kevin Hart, has come back. That’s why I treat everybody with respect. I’m always a nice pleasant guy to meet because when they come back to you, they remember.

Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.

I must be cruel, only to be kind.

My mother cooked like a scientist. She had a giant Chinese-style cleaver that she chopped with, and a cupboard full of spices.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

You know, T can stand for anything. T stand for working hard. T stand for loving thy neighbor. T stand for feeding the hungry. T stand for just working, working, working, being happy on the set, you know, lifting everybody’s spirits. T stands for just a nice guy.

Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?

As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.

A saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.

The only big things I’ve purchased are my dad’s heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!

When the kids are laughing in the audience, I tear up, I’m so happy I did a nice thing.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

You can’t take care of charity unless you take care of yourself first.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.

My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn’t have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

We’re a blip in the existence of the universe, and we’re constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.

Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap – let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice.

If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There’s another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.