10 Reasons to Give

 

 

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an ongoing process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life. - Oprah Winfrey

 

The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back. - Ted Turner

 

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.  - George Soros

 

My father used to say, "You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly." How to give something back, that's the tough part in life. - Lee Iacocca

 

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

 

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. - Bob Hope

 

When I do good, I feel good. - Abraham Lincoln

 

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. - Mother Teresa

 

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.  - George Bernard Shaw

 

The most useful and influential people in [America] are those who take the deepest interest in institutions that exist for the purpose of making the world better. - Booker T. Washington