She's descended from a long line her mother listened to.

GYPSY ROSE LEE

With me, it's just a genetic dissatisfaction with everything.

Money-giving is a very good criterion of a person's mental health. Generous people are rarely mentally ill people.

DR. KARL A. MENNINGER

The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea are made of the same water. It flows down, clear and cool, from the heights of Hermon and the roots of the cedars of Lebanon. The Sea of Galilee makes beauty of it, for the Sea of Galilee has an outlet. It gets to give. It gathers in its riches that it may pour them out again to fertilize the Jordan plain. But the Dead Sea with the same water makes horror. For the Dead Sea has no outlet. It gets to keep.

HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK THE MEANING OF SERVICE

Let the season of giving be yours and not that of your inheritors.

KHALIL GIBRAN THE PROPHET

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

ANNE-SOPHIE SWETCHINE

We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.

FRANÇOIS LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

The giving of money, time, support, and encouragement to worthy causes can never be detrimental to the giver. The laws of nature are structured so that acts of charity will open an individual to an unbounded reservoir of riches.

JEFFREY MOSES

"I have got to take a few pints of soup to the deserving poor," said Myrtle. "I'd better set about it. Amazing the way these bimbos absorb soup. Like sponges."

P. G. WODEHOUSE

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you want to receive a great deal, you first have to give a great deal. If each individual will give of himself to whomever he can, wherever he can, in any way that he can, in the long run he will be compensated in the exact proportion that he gives.

R. A. HAYWARD

They who give have all things; they who withhold have nothing.

HINDU PROVERB

The house which is not opened for charity, will be opened to the physician.

THE TALMUD

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

SENECA

Give light and the people will find their own way.

MOTTO OF THE SCRIPPS-HOWARD NEWSPAPERS

The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.

THOMAS MORELL

Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Avarice hoards itself poor; charity gives itself rich.

GERMAN PROVERB

Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

JESUS OF NAZARETH Matthew 6:2-4

It hurteth not the tongue to give fair words.

JOHN HEYWOOD

The most difficult part is to give. Then why not add a smile?

JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

SENECA

Let him that desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction.

SAMUEL JOHNSON

Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

JESUS OF NAZARETH Matthew 7:6

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins [mites], worth only a fraction of a penny. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything— all she had to live on."

MARK 12:41-44

Let your hand feel for the afflictions and distresses of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering always the estimation of the widow's mite.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

Man discovers his own wealth when God comes to ask gifts of him.

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

As you go, preach this message: "The kingdom of heaven is near." Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

JESUS OF NAZARETH Matthew 10:7-8

By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.

HOMER

God loveth a cheerful giver.

PAUL 2 Corinthians 9:7

The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. He also accepteth from a grouch.

NOTICE IN A CHURCH BULLETIN

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

JESUS OF NAZARETH Acts 20:35

'Tis always more blessed to give than to receive; for example, wedding presents.

H. L. MENCKEN

If riches increase, let thy mind hold pace with them; and think it not enough to be liberal, but munificent.

THOMAS BROWNE

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

ARAB PROVERB

Da da da (that is) Be subdued, Give, Be merciful.

BRIHADARANYAKA UPANISHAD

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.

ERICH FROMM

Then Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you."

ACTS 3:6

Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.

WALT WHITMAN

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

KHALIL GIBRAN

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

CALVIN COOLIDGE

When we grow old, there can only be one regret—not to have given enough of ourselves.

ELEONORA DUSE

Many people give a tenth to the Lord—a tenth of what they ought to give.

ANONYMOUS

Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us admission.

KORAN

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space. Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth.

KHALIL GIBRAN

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

VICTOR HUGO

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

A cheerful giver does not count the cost of what he gives. His heart is set on pleasing and cheering him to whom the gift is given.

JULIAN OF NORWICH

Don't give till it hurts—give till it feels good.

ANONYMOUS

The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.

HEDA BEJAR

See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving. For in truth it is life that gives unto life—while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.

KHALIL GIBRAN

Man discovers his own wealth when God comes to ask gifts of him.

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

MATTHEW 7:9-11

For too many giving is occasional, spasmodic, ill-proportioned. It depends on what is left over when other things have had their full share. Sometimes what it means is that only the small change lying in their pockets goes to the support of good and worthy causes.

ROBERT J. MC CRACKEN, D.D.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

HENRY WARD BEECHER

I phoned my dad to tell him I had stopped smoking. He called me a quitter.

STEVEN PEARL

Men cannot for long live hopefully unless they are embarked upon some great unifying enterprise—one for which they may pledge their lives, their fortunes and their honor.

C. A. DYKSTRA

Since the mind is a specific biocomputer, it needs specific instructions and directions. The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.

DENIS WAITLEY

I'm not a little girl from a little town planning to make it in the big town. I'm a big girl from a big town, and I have every intention of making it in this small town.

MAE WEST A year later, she was the biggest star in Hollywood.

The highest good; towards this all government, all social conventions, all art, literature, and science should directly or indirectly tend. Holy men and holy women are those who keep this unconsciously in view at all times whether of work or pastime.

SAMUEL BUTLER

Forget goals. Value the process.

JIM BOUTON

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.

MOTHER TERESA

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Oh God, in the name of Thine only beloved Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord, let him phone me now.

DOROTHY PARKER

God is love, but get it in writing.

GYPSY ROSE LEE

I love God, and when you get to know Him, you find He's a Livin' Doll.

JANE RUSSELL

Many a time we've been down to our last piece of fatback. And I'd say, "Should we eat it, or render it down for soap?" Your Uncle Jed would say, "Render it down. God will provide food for us poor folks, but we gotta do our own washin'."

GRANNY THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES

Men talk of "finding God," but no wonder it is difficult; He is hidden in that darkest hiding-place, your heart. You yourself are a part of him.

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY

Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.

JACOB BRONOWSKI

I am a disciplined comedian; of course I take direction. From God, that is.

SPIKE MILLIGAN

God enters by a private door into every individual.

We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.

W. H. AUDEN

The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason.

T. S. ELIOT

Do right for your own sake, and be happy in knowing that your neighbor will certainly share in the benefits resulting.

MARK TWAIN

I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit.

MAE WEST

Such tendency toward doing good as is in men's hearts would not be diminished by the removal of the delusion that good deeds are primarily for the sake of No. 2 instead of for the sake of No. 1.

MARK TWAIN

Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.

JOHN WESLEY

Avoid what is evil; do what is good; purify the mind—this is the teaching of the Awakened One.

PALI CANON

BELINDA: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil. LADY BRUTE: That may be a mistake in the translation.

JOHN VANBRUGH

The deed is all, not the glory.

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Noble deeds are most estimable when hidden.

BLAISE PASCAL

Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?

DENIS DIDEROT

He that returns a good for evil obtains the victory.

THOMAS FULLER, M.D.

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

WILLIAM PENN

Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

JESUS OF NAZARETH Matthew 5:15-16

It's so much easier to do good than to be good.

B. C. FORBES

A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season.

MARCUS ANTONINUS

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.

PAUL 1 Timothy 6:18-19

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

DODIE SMITH

Hail to you gods, On that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, Without sin, without guilt, without evil, Without a witness against me, Without one whom I have wronged. I am one pure of mouth, pure of hands.

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD address to the gods 1700-1000 B.C. (not used in many centuries-obviously)

See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With Joy and Love triumphing.

JOHN MILTON

Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.

HENRY S. HASKINS

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

JOSEPH ADDISON

Rest and be thankful.

INSCRIPTION ON A STONE SEAT IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.

LORD ALFRED TENNYSON

The sound of her silk skirt has stopped. On the marble pavement dust grows. Her empty room is cold and still. Fallen leaves are piled against the doors. Longing for that lovely lady, How can I bring my aching heart to rest?

HAN WU-TI on the death of his mistress

We find the defendants incredibly guilty.

FOREMAN RETURNING THE VERDICT ON ZERO MOSTEL AND GENE WILDER IN MEL BROOKS'S THE PRODUCERS

Guilt is never a rational thing; it distorts all the faculties of the human mind, it perverts them, it leaves a man no longer in the free use of his reason, it puts him into confusion.

EDMUND BURKE

Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings.

NICHOLAS ROWE

Guilt is the mafia of the mind.