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13 November 2015

15 inspirational quotes about giving back

By Sicebise Msengana






1. When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is
blessed.-Maya Angelou

2. No one has ever become poor by giving.  -Anne Frank

3. Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.-Martin Luther King Jr.

4. The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer. -Mahatma Gandhi


5. We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long- term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections
to community. -Paul Bloom

6. 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.-Bill Gates    

7. Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. -Francis of Assisi

7. Socialism has no moral justification whatsoever; poor people are not morally superior to rich people, nor are they owed anything by rich people simply because of their lack of success. Charity is not a socialist concept - it is a religious one, an acknowledgment of God's sovereignty over property, a sovereignty the Left utterly rejects. -Ben Shapiro

8. To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy
matter. -Aristotle  

9. I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it. -Michael Bloomberg  

 10.If you’re in the luckiest 1pc of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99pc. -Warren Buffet.

11. I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution. -Andrew Carnegie

12. It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it. -Albert Einstein

13. The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money to do more for the betterment of life. -Henry Ford

14. We started our foundation because we believe we have a real opportunity to help advance equity around the world, to help make sure that, no matter where a person is born, he or she has the chance to live a healthy, productive life. -Melinda Gates

15. Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue that unites men and inspires their noblest efforts. -Conrad Hilton


In conclusion,  give back cheerfully and give from the heart. 


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