The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

The burden of what Jesus says is this: give it away. Give it away gladly. Make friends by your generosity. The door to a gospel future is by generosity, outrageous, intentional giving away in the present to create a viable future. That seems to me such an urgent word, because we are so deeply caught in cycles of greed and affluence and self-indulgence and acquisitiveness of a fearful kind that will yield no human future.

Only 9 percent of evangelicals tithe to their churches. Eight hundred new church plants survive each.

Supposing I write out a cheque for a billion dollars to the foundation, does it mean anything? There must be evidence of philanthropy. Otherwise, I'm sitting with that money, earning interest exactly the way in my holding company.

I'll get involved in philanthropy.

The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as two sides of an algebraic equation.

Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.

Giving jump starts our relationship with God. It opens our fists so we can receive what God has for us.

Make sure you're always giving, way more than you're taking

There can never be success without happiness, and no man can be happy without dispensing happiness to others.