"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."

Sir Winston Churchill

"If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you'll end up not doing anything for anybody."

Malcom Bane

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

Maya Angelou

"For it is in giving that we receive."

Saint Francis of Assisi

"Do something for those who have need of a man's help - Something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."

Albert Schweitzer

"Giving is not just about making a donation, it's about making a difference."

Kathy Calvin

"If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart."

Arabic Proverb

"You are what you give; not what you are given."

Sir David Tang

"Gracious acceptance is an art—an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving... Accepting another person's gift is allowing him to express his feelings for you."

Alexander McCall Smith

"Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to them their own."

Benjamin Disraeli

"The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have."

Leonard Nimoy