Fundraising Quotes embody the spirit of compassion, service, and commitment to something greater than oneself. They emphasize that every contribution, no matter how small, has the power to make a lasting impact. These quotes motivate donors, volunteers, and leaders by reminding them why fundraising is important and how collective generosity fuels progress.
In moments of doubt or fatigue, fundraising quotes can rekindle enthusiasm and focus. Read them as a reminder that behind every successful fundraiser lies a shared vision, a compassionate heart, and the belief that positive change is possible.
1. “Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.” – Hank Rosso
2. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
3. “No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank
4. “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Teresa
5. “For it is in giving that we receive.” – Francis of Assisi
6. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso
7. “Giving liberates the soul of the giver.” – Maya Angelou
8. “Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.” – Jim Rohn
9. “The highest form of wisdom is kindness.” – The Talmud
10. “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.” – Muhammad Ali
11. “Every good act is charity.” – Molière
12. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
13. “The measure of a life is not its duration, but its donation.” – Corrie Ten Boom
14. “Compassion is the basis of morality.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
15. “Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.” – Elizabeth Andrew
16. “Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.” – John D. Rockefeller Jr.
17. “Donors don’t give to institutions. They invest in ideas and people in whom they believe.” – G. T. Smith
18. “Giving is an act of abundance, not sacrifice.” – Deepak Chopra
19. “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – John Bunyan
20. “As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
21. “Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
22. “Charity sees the need, not the cause.” – German Proverb
23. “The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.” – Helen Keller
24. “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” – Acts 20:35
25. “The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.” – Mahatma Gandhi
26. “Be generous, and prosperity will follow.” – Proverbs 11:25
27. “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” – John Holmes
28. “Service is what life is all about.” – Marian Wright Edelman
29. “True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense.” – Emanuel Swedenborg
30. “True charity never envies others.” – Francis Bacon
31. “The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.” – William James
32. “There is no joy greater than that of giving.” – Sophocles
33. “He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.” – Confucius
34. “Sometimes those who give the most are those who have the least.” – Unknown
35. “Acts of kindness are never wasted.” – Aesop
36. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.” – Margaret Mead
37. “We rise by lifting others.” – Robert Ingersoll
38. “Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
39. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Steve Maraboli
40. “Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference.” – Kathy Calvin
41. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
42. “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” – Herman Melville
43. “Generosity is giving more than you can.” – Khalil Gibran
44. “The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and dreaming dreams, but in active charity.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
45. “To give without reward is noble.” – Seneca
46. “It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes.” – Albert Einstein
47. “Never apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy cause.” – John D. Rockefeller Jr.
48. “The heart that gives gathers.” – Tao Te Ching
49. “Giving opens the way for receiving.” – Florence Scovel Shinn
50. “True generosity is an offering, given freely and out of pure love.” – Suze Orman
51. “Philanthropy is not about money, it’s about caring enough to help.” – Timothy Pina
52. You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” – Khalil Gibran
53. “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” – Oscar Wilde
54. “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits put together that overwhelm the world.” – Desmond Tutu
55. “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
56. “Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life.” – Bryant McGill
57. “Philanthropy is the art of helping people help themselves.” – Andrew Carnegie
58. “Giving brings joy because it expresses the joy of the soul.” – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
59. “The value of a man resides in what he gives.” – Albert Einstein
60. “Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.” – Jean de La Bruyère
61. “The joy of giving is the truest joy of living.” – Anonymous
62. “Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
63. “Giving is the highest expression of potency.” – Erich Fromm
64. “Charity begins at home, but should not end there.” – Thomas Fuller
65. “Love cannot remain by itself — it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service.” – Mother Teresa
66. “The happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
67. “Generosity is the flower of justice.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
68. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu
69. “Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.” – Albert Camus
70. “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” – Seneca
71. “A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver.” – Seneca
72. “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others remains.” – Albert Pike
73. “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” – Albert Schweitzer
74. “He gives twice who gives promptly.” – Publilius Syrus
75. “The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them away.” – Dorothy Day
76. “Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.” – Thomas Aquinas
77. “One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.” – Jack Penn
78. “Giving alms is not something you do for God; it is something you do for yourself.” – Peter Singer
79. “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can.” – John Wesley
80. “Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
81. “Selfless giving is the art of living.” – Frederick Lenz
82. “The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” – Albert Schweitzer
83. “Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” – Henry David Thoreau
84. “The measure of a person’s worth is the worth of what they give away.” – Richard LeGallienne
85. “Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” – Booker T. Washington
86. “The charitable give out the door and God puts it back through the window.” – Proverb
87. “Giving is evidence of believing.” – Edwin Louis Cole
88. “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.” – Edmund Burke
89. “The simplest gift, given with kindness, has the greatest power.” – Sophocles
90. “To help another is something every person can do.” – Fred Rogers
91. “The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to them their own.” – Benjamin Disraeli
92. “The smallest seed of generosity can grow into an endless tree of compassion.” – Anne Frank
93. “When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
94. “Helping one person might not change the world, but it could change the world for one person.” – Unknown
95. “Doing good is the only investment that never fails.” – Henry David Thoreau
96. “One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” – Shannon L. Alder
97. “Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
98. “To give is to bridge the gap between what is and what could be.” – Vaclav Havel
99. “Giving without remembering and receiving without forgetting is noble.” – Elizabeth Bibesco
100. “True generosity is measured by what you give when you have little.” – Leo Tolstoy
101. “Helping others is the fastest way to help yourself.” – Booker T. Washington
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