No one has ever become poor by giving.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

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

From caring comes courage.

Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.

Friends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.

I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

Love other human beings as you would love yourself.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

When you give up yourself, that’s when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that’s giving that’s serving others and that’s when you feel fulfilled.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

It’s that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so ‚don’t fuss, dear; get on with it.‘

I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God – my daughter to my country.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

The happiest people I know as a nation are the Burmese; their brightness and cheeriness are proverbial. Kindness to animals is one of their greatest ‚weaknesses‘; no Burmese will kill an animal, even if it is to put it out of pain.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that’s the mercy you’re going to be receiving.

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.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

When you give, it comes back to you.

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

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

We need a president who will choose to do what’s best for the country, even when it doesn’t personally benefit them.

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

If we don’t plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don’t have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don’t have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Nobody can ever make enough money for as many poor relatives as I’ve got. Somebody’s got a sick kid, or somebody needs an operation, somebody ain’t got this, somebody ain’t got that. Or to give the kids all a car when they graduate.

Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.

Don’t matter how much money you got, there’s only two kinds of people: there’s saved people and there’s lost people.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

Everybody likes a compliment.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a home, at least I’ll have a window with a view.

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God – the rest will be given.

As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn’t give them to someone else, even for money. It just wouldn’t seem right.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

It’s very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

I’d rather give my life than be afraid to give it.