Oswald Chambers Quotes

I give with reason.

If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.

I would say to young entrepreneurs and budding philanthropists - are you giving to feel good or do good?

If you are a Christian, you want to give as much as you can away. It sounds pious, but it's not a duty; it's a kind of joy.

My dad's one of my biggest heroes. I also think Paul Newman's an inspiration. I know a lot of people say that, but I love that he's a great role model and a humanitarian. I admire people who don't necessarily want to change the world, but try to make it a better environment.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

The Muslim Prophet Mohammed was a big believer in charity and firmly established helping those in need as a basis of the religion.

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.

When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.

All of philanthropy is harnessing that urge to have your name on something, and using it for good.

People who are obsessed with God are known as givers, not takers. Obsessed people genuinely think that others matter as much as they do, and they are particularly aware of those who are poor around the world (James 2:14-26).

The world asks, How much does he give? Christ asks why does he give?

Jesus has said "Come, blessed of my Father, take the seat in the kingdom prepared for you, because I was hungry you gave me food, I was thirsty you have me drink, I was naked you clothed me, I was homeless you took me home and I was sick you visited me." And we are just doing that.

God does not need our money. But you and I need the experience of giving it

Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.

Among the wealthy, generosity is often merely a kind of shyness.

Jesus said when the woman poured the alabaster bottle of perfume on him that was worth almost a year's wages, and Judas, who was very money-minded, said you shouldn't have done that, because you're wasting that, we could have sold that and given it to the poor. And Jesus himself said, you will always have the poor with you, but she has done this as an honor to me, and she will be honored for it all of her days. And so you never run out of poor people. You could give everything you had, I could give everything I had, and the world would still be full of poor people.

Charity is a flower not naturally of earthly growth, and it needs manuring with a promise of profit.

I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me.

Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.

It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.

Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.

Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions-and in your church and the poor-and your heart will follow.

Don't concentrate on what you lack, concentrate on what you have. Then give all of it to Jesus for His use.