Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.
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| — | Benjamin Franklin |
Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
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| — | Aristotle |
If you are not generous with a meager income, you will never be generous with abundance.
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| — | Harold Nye |
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
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| — | Elizabeth Bibesco |
No man was ever honored for what he received. Honor is the reward for what he gave.
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| — | Calvin Coolidge |
Seven ways of giving
1. The Careless Way: To give something to every cause that is presented, without inquiring into its merits.
2. The Impulsive Way: To give from impulse—as much and as often as love and pity and sensibility prompt.
3. The Lazy Way: To make a special offer to earn money for worthy projects by fairs, bazaars, etc.
4. The Self-Denying Way: To save the cost of luxuries and apply them to purposes of religion and charity. This may lead to asceticism and self-complacence.
5. The Systematic Way: To lay aside as an offering to God a definite portion of our gains—one tenth, one fifth, one third, or one half (rich or poor can follow this plan).
6. The Equal Way: To give God and the needy just as much as we spend on ourselves.
7. The Heroic Way: To limit our own expenditures to a certain sum and give all the rest of our income.
—James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 1988)
