Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again Quotes

“Achievement comes to someone when he is able to do great things for himself. Success comes when he develops leaders to do great things for him. But a legacy is created only when a person puts his organization into the position to do great things without him. John C. Maxwell, The Twenty-one Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“Only one life ’Twill soon be past Only what’s done For Christ will last.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“... too many people think life is basically an oversized game of Monopoly, where the way to win is to accumulate as many properties as you can, either by purchasing outright or by clever trading with your opponents. Then you keep adding houses and hotels, extracting rent from others, until you eventually drive them to bankruptcy. You sit back, rub your hands together, and start counting your stacks of cash. No, life is more like Uno or Crazy Eights, where the point is to run out of cards first. You want to deploy every card you have, knowing that each card left in your hand at the end counts against you. Don't get stuck at the time of your funeral with leftover cards.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“I try to approach every day with hands that are open, not grasping.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“Stewarship responsibility.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“The wealth we create is like a bonfire. If controlled, it can warm our families. If allowed to spread wildly, it can devastate.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“They will care about our business only to the extent that we care about their overall welfare.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“Why is it that I always get a whole person when all I want is a pair of hands? -Henry Ford”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done. -C.S. Lewis”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“A legacy of true value is a legacy made of more than money. It's a legacy conceived in wisdom, nurtured by principle, and sustained by character.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“We want to be part of a new generation of givers.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. -The Teacher, The Book of Proverbs”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“It's not how much we give but how much we put into giving. -Mother Teresa”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“We give with joy in our hearts. We give out of our humble circumstances. We give out of our wealth.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. -John Bunyan”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“... benefits of hardship.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“Achievement comes to someone when he is able to do great things for himself. Success comes when he develops leaders to do great things for him. But a legacy is created only when a person puts his organization into the position to do great things without him. -John C. Maxwell, The Twenty-one Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“For it is in giving that we receive. -St. Francis”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“...he could finally give himself to emotions that he had held in check all during his early life.”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously

“The greatest waste in all of our earth, which cannot be recycled or reclaimed, is our waste of the time that God has given us each day. — BILL GRAHAM, EVANGELIST DO YOU REMEMBER DOILIES?”
― David Green, Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously