John Wesley Quotes

Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.

He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.

God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing. If we fail to fulfill this divine duty and privilege we have missed the meaning of Christianity.

God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

Things themselves do not remain, but their effects do. Therefore we should not be mean and calculating with what we have but give with a generous hand. Look at how much people give to players and dancers-why not give just as much to Christ?

Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!

Give more as you make more. Remember: God prospers us not to raise our standard of living, but to raise our standard of giving.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ.

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

For me, I get immense pleasure out of giving. I do what I can. I try and give around 10% of my earnings a year. Some years, I give more, some I give less.

The more riches you have, the more you can share. So I like to share everything that I have that's of value.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.

Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

To be a Christian is to be obligated to be charitable. This is true whether you are rich or poor, healthy or ill, old or young, male or female, oppressed or free, established or disestablished.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.'

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