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“Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.”
John D. Rockefeller
Giving
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Charity
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Generosity
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Perspective
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Kindness
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“Never think you need to apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy cause, any more than as though you were giving him or her an opportunity to participate in a high-grade investment. The duty of giving is as much his or hers as is the duty of asking yours.”
John D. Rockefeller
Giving
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Charity
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Opportunity
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Responsibility
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Investment
3.
“Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.”
John D. Rockefeller
Charity
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Independence
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Giving
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Responsibility
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Aid
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“I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.”
John D. Rockefeller
Tithing
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Giving
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Faith
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Money
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Gratitude
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“Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.”
John D. Rockefeller
Giving
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Privilege
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Generosity
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Kindness
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Perspective
6.
“The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities—a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.”
John D. Rockefeller
Philanthropy
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Giving
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Cause
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Impact
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Change
7.
“Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.”
John D. Rockefeller
Giving
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Investment
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Impact
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Generosity
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Value
8.
“Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.”
John D. Rockefeller
Giving
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Happiness
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Fulfillment
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Life
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Purpose
9.
“Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.”
John D. Rockefeller
Giving
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Kindness
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Generosity
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Compassion
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Life
10.
“I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.”
Andrew Carnegie
Wealth
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Philanthropy
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Responsibility
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Success
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Giving
11.
“It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.”
Andrew Carnegie
Wealth
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Philanthropy
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Responsibility
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Giving
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Wisdom
12.
“Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.”
Andrew Carnegie
Wealth
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Responsibility
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Philanthropy
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Giving
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Purpose
13.
“I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.”
Andrew Carnegie
Wealth
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Philanthropy
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Responsibility
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Success
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Giving
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“The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.”
Andrew Carnegie
Wealth
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Philanthropy
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Purpose
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Responsibility
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Giving
15.
“Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.”
Charles Lamb
Charity
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Compassion
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Giving
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Wealth
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Judgment
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“Mother’s love grows by giving.”
Charles Lamb
Mother
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Love
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Giving
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Growth
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Care
17.
“Be not frightened at the hard words “imposition,” “imposture;” give and ask no questions. Cast thy bread upon the waters. Some have, unawares, entertained angels.”
Charles Lamb
Imposition
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Faith
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Giving
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Fate
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Kindness
18.
“You always get back much more than you give.”
Jimmy Carter
Wisdom
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Giving
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Life
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Karma
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Motivation
19.
“Philanthropy is not about helping others, it’s about helping yourself. When you change, the world changes.”
Jack Ma
Philanthropy
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Change
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Perspective
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Leadership
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Giving
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“The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.”
Jack Ma
Competition
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Philanthropy
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Success
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Leadership
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Giving
21.
“I am not giving so much of my wealth that I should feel that I am a philanthropist.”
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Philanthropy
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Wealth
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Giving
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Personal Values
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Generosity
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“Apart from being motivation for themselves, I think big givers should also talk about their philanthropy so that their work and their success stories prove inspirational enough for many others to follow.”
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Philanthropy
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Inspiration
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Giving
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Social Impact
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Success
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“Happiness is not an individual matter. When you are able to bring relief, or bring back the smile to one person, not only that person profits, but you also profit.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Happiness
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Kindness
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Connection
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Compassion
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Giving
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“If we can not smile, we cannot help other people to smile.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Smile
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Help
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People
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Joy
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Giving
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“If we do not know how to take care of ourselves and to love ourselves, we cannot take care of the people we love. Loving oneself is the foundation for loving another person.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Love
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Self-care
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Relationship
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Foundation
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Giving
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“In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Buddhism
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Spirituality
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Giving
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Goodness
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Faith
27.
“The gift of love is the gift of the power and capacity to love, and therefore, to give love with full effect is also to receive it. So love can only be kept by being given away, and it can only be given perfectly when it is also received.”
Thomas Merton
Love
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Generosity
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Faith
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Connection
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Giving
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“What do I mean by loving ourselves properly? I mean first of all, desiring to live, accepting life as a very great gift and a great good, not because of what it gives us, but because of what it enables us to give to others.”
Thomas Merton
Life
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Love
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Gratitude
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Giving
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Purpose
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“For if I am to love truly and freely, I must be able to give something that is truly my own to another. If my heart does not first belong to me, how can I give it to another?”
Thomas Merton
Love
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Giving
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Self
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Freedom
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Relationships
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“Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose.”
Thomas Merton
Charity
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Giving
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Selflessness
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Courage
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Generosity
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