The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.

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

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

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.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president’s.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

We have a great group of guys that really sacrifice every night, care about each other, and try to play the right away.

I’ve been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that’s kind of a religious belief. I mean, it’s at least a moral belief.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

The ‚Maddox Jolie-Pitt‘ Foundation’s work is inspired by our children and their connections to particular countries.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

There are people in the world who aren’t necessarily Christians, but they’re just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people.

The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

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

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

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

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.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

The answer to the problem of inequality is for the people who are fortunate enough to either have been gifted or deserved more to do everything they can to make the communities around them as strong as they possibly can.

One thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died the victim of the enemy than fall a sacrifice to the rage of my friends.

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one’s soul.

If something inconveniences my children too much or takes me away from them, I won’t do it.

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be.

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.

Folks, you’re the reason that the automobile industry is back. Whether it was the wage freezes, the plant closures, folks, you sacrificed to keep your companies open. Because of your productivity, the combined auto companies have committed to invest another $23 billion in expansion in America.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it’s less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

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

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.