Charity begins at home, and usually stays there.

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.

No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave.

I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.

Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.

You can never out-give God.

Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them only to find out too late that it's what they bring to the world that really counts.