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Prosperity and Poverty
  1. “Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity.” — Henry Ward Beecher (1813-87), American abolitionist and clergyman
  2. “He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.” — John Bunyan (1628-88), English Puritan writer and preacher
  3. “A man there was, and they called him mad; the more he gave, the more he had.” — John Bunyan (1628-88), English Puritan writer and preacher
  4. “Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits.” — John Calvin (1509-64), French theologian and reformer
  5. “Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.” — John Calvin (1509-64), French theologian and reformer
  6. “Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that they should be so burdened.” — Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), American industrialist and philanthropist
  7. “Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.” — Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), American industrialist and philanthropist
  8. “Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other system of civil or religious policy has originated them; they form its highest praise and characteristic feature.” — Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832), English writer
  9. “Thousands upon thousands are yearly brought into a state of real poverty by their great anxiety not to be thought poor.” — William Corbett (1680-1748), English composer
  10. “Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances ... which make philanthropy necessary.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-68), African-American civil rights preacher
  11. “I shovel [money] out, and God shovels it back ... but God has a bigger shovel!” — R.G. LeTourneau (1888-1969), American inventor
  12. “There’s no need to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can’t do any business from there.” — Colonel Sanders (1890-1980), Kentucky Fried Chicken founder
  13. “The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.” — Billy Sunday (1862-1935), American revivalist
  14. “We are rich only through what we give: and poor only through what we refuse and keep.” — Anne Swetchine (1782-1857), Russian-French writer