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on Sunday, March 10, 2019Biz Stone Money Quote saying doing good can change your ability to help others and gain interest on the deal. Biz Stone said:
“The smallest, earliest gifts forever alter your trajectory for doing good. This is what I mean by the compound interest of altruism. Start early to maximize the compound interest in your efforts” — Biz Stone
Birthday March 10
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Mahatma Gandhi: God is Bread
on Sunday, March 3, 2019Mahatma Gandhi Money Quote saying poverty makes one see everything in terms of survival and if hunger threatens life then god will appear to be bread to feed them. Mahatma Gandhi said:
“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread” — Mahatma Gandhi
Born October 2, 1869 – Died January 30, 1948
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Charles Dudley Warner: Apt Gifting
on Wednesday, December 19, 2018Charles Dudley Warner Money Quote saying if something you give is perfectly suited to the recipient, it is ideal no matter the expense. Charles Dudley Warner said:
“The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value” — Charles Dudley Warner
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Alfred Nobel: Inherited Wealth Misfortune
on Sunday, November 25, 2018Alfred Nobel Money Quote saying relatives shouldn’t get much inheritance be passed to his relatives. Alfred Nobel said:
“I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men’s faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only a small portion to descend to his relatives” — Alfred Nobel
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November 25, 1867 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents dynamite
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Carol Ryrie Brink: Generous Give Silently
on Wednesday, March 7, 2018Carol Ryrie Brink Money Quote saying that giving for the pleasure it provides and the good it does for others – is the mark of the truly generous person. Carol Ryrie Brink said:
“The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward” — Carol Ryrie Brink
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John Wesley: God Entrusted You Money
on Sunday, January 7, 2018John Wesley Money Quote saying if we accept that all blessings come from god, then money is among them and must be used for gods’ purposes for those in need. John Wesley said:
“Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose?” — John Wesley
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Wendell Berry: Money in Lieu of Action
on Wednesday, December 13, 2017Wendell Berry Money Quote saying giving our money is seen as a replacement for giving our selves, our time and our energy toward caring about others. Wendell Berry said:
“Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money. The giving of money has thus become our characteristic virtue. But to give is not to do. The money is given in lieu of action, thought, care, time” — Wendell Berry
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Foolish Philanthropist
on Saturday, November 18, 2017Ralph Waldo Emerson Money Quote saying some begrudge the call to help the poor when they don’t know them or their community and so give reluctantly. Ralph Waldo Emerson said:
“Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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