Thomas Brooks Quotes

Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away.

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

It's a gift to be able to give access.

God comes right out and tells us why he gives us more money than we need. It's not so we can find more ways to spend it. It's not so we can indulge ourselves and spoil our children. It's not so we can insulate ourselves from needing God's provision. It's so we can give and give generously (2 Corinthians 8:14; 9:11)

There's no point in trying to hoard money after life, so better really to share with people.

Suggest your children try tithing - giving 10 percent of their allowance to a charity every month.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

Anyone who has been as successful as I have should want to share those resources. Why not give some of it to charity?

I have often spoken about the importance of intentionality in philanthropy: that it has to stir the soul. This is true whether you are feeding the homeless, mentoring a child or working on climate change.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

One of the things that evangelicals do really, really well is to make giving a joyous, social enterprise. Too often, the world sees giving as a burden, a sacrifice, when in fact it's more like an opportunity to help others and oneself at the same time.

I want to give away the money. I don't want to die with it. I want the money to be used well.

Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for oneself, but, hopefully, beneficial to others. My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.

Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom.

There is a place and a time for philanthropy, and there is only so much money you can give away.

The biggest thing for me with charity is awareness. Obviously as an athlete, I have an opportunity to make people more aware. The average person doesn't have that opportunity, so the best way is to spare some money, clothing, food - something. Most of us have a little excess of something that we can give.

So, I gave my belts out to others to give them a chance.

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.

Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it. You ought because you can do more good with it than you could do without it. Money printed your Bible, money builds your churches, money sends your missionaries, and money pays your preachers, and you would not have many of them, either, if you did not pay them.

I have this whole theory that whether it's in your personal life or in your business life, you have to establish a culture of generosity wherever you are.

I don't buy fancy things. I donated $2 million to Wu-Tang. I got a mixtape in return. It was a wonderful investment.