Randy Alcorn Quotes

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

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

The false separation between living and giving must end.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man, when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!

There are two types of women out there: there's the kind of woman who finds something nice and likes to keep it to herself, and then there's the other type, which is me, who wants to share.

If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food.

Are we truly obeying the command to love our neighbor as ourselves if we're storing up money for potential future needs when our neighbor is laboring today under actual present needs?

I see that I must give what I most need.

You have endless energy only when you are working for the good of the whole - you have to stop working for your little selfish interests. That's the secret of it. In this world you are given as you give.

Our needs are our greatest asset. It turns out I've learned to give all the things that I need.

If you give what you do not need, it is not giving.

Can you lay your life down, so a stranger can live? Can you take what you need, but take less than you give? Could you close every day, without the glory and fame? Could you hold your head high, when no-one knows your name?

Avarice is the most oppose of all characters to that of God Almighty, whose alone it is to give and not receive.

Don't save something good for a later place. Don't hold back from your students, from the poor, don't try to keep anything for yourself 'cause it'll turn to ashes.

When you give, therefore, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give.

Give everything and look for no return.

To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality. I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times - The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.

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

Whenever somebody reaches above their own limitations - I always tell people, the best time to go give is when you have nothing.