Philanthropy Quotes

Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.

Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.

I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'

The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.

To have people from every continent who are working on philanthropy, on social entrepreneurship, gives me a unique opportunity to engage.

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.

Don't just think, do.

Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined.

My philanthropy is no relation to anybody else's. None. My philanthropy and what we do at the foundation speaks for itself and has no relation to anyone's.

Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.

The sparkle and morning-freshness of the shop, and the butter-conjuring girl, formed a mind-picture which accompanied the whole of my youth.(about the Buttercup Dairy)

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.

What would the daughters of the rich do with themselves if the poor ceased to exist?

He who confers a benefit on anyone loves him better than he is beloved.

I am lord of myself, accountable to none.

Philanthropy should be voluntary.

Philanthropy, like charity, must begin at home.

Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress.

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.

All philanthropy — no age has seen more of it than our own — is only a savoury fumigation burning at the mouth of a sewer.

To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes. [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others.

It never was our guise to slight the poor, or aught humane despise.

Humanity, in the aggregate, is progressing, and philanthropy looks forward hopefully.

The religious instinct will never be replaced by law or even philanthropy.

Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.

No sincere desire of doing good need make an enemy of a single human being; that philanthropy has surely a flaw in it which cannot sympathize with the oppressor equally as with the oppressed.

Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation.

Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism go deep into our evolutionary past.

Women's philanthropic leadership is fundamental to their advancement in society.

You have to build a culture of philanthropy. In a country like India, we need to be sensitive and caring about the poorer, more disadvantaged section of our country.

I always had the old-school model that I'm going to work for as long as I'm relevant and focus on for-profit activities and someday when I retire I'm going to learn about philanthropy.

There's a dark underside to philanthropy. People who give a bunch of money are deferred to, even when they are wrong. The emperor cannot be shown to have no clothes.

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

Without a love of humankind there is no love of God.

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them, as if their reason had left them.

Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.

Philanthropy, although it's tiny compared to the government, it's 2% of the US economy, which is the largest percentage, other than the Middle East.

Since fear is mostly about ignorance, the best part is that it's as temporary as you choose.

I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away their time, their energy and their ideas.

I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live.

A personal injustice is stronger motivation than any instinct for philanthropy.

In business, we say that people overestimate what you can do in a year and underestimate what you can do in a decade. This is true in philanthropy as well.

As a tither you automatically become solution-oriented rather than problem-oriented.

Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a Frank Gehry building. I want to enjoy my philanthropy.