from "Four Lessons on Money from One of the World’s Richest Preachers,” Edward White

 

"… [Wesley] identified a modest level of expenses that he was going to live on every year. The first year his income surpassed that level by a small amount, and he gave that excess away. The next year his income increased, but he kept his standard of living the same, so he had more to give away. This continued year after year. At one point Wesley was making the equivalent of about $160,000 a year in today's terms, but he was living as if he were making $20,000 a year. As a result he had the equivalent of more than $140,000 to give away that year."