Philanthropy Quotes

One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mattered to you.

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.

If service is the rent you pay for your existence on this earth, are you behind in your rent?

Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune.

He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.

Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.

It is really not so repulsive to see the poor asking for money as to see the rich asking for more money. And advertisement is the rich asking for more money.

Philanthropy, like Red Cross voluntarism, is realizing the enhancing influence of cultural diversity. Inviting the full participation of all the community's resources leads to win-win situations.

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.

Ideals are thoughts. So long as they exist merely as thoughts, the power in them remains ineffective.

The future of marketing is philanthropy.

fashion has always been a little slow in accommodating large women. ... We're not asking for philanthropy here. Wake up, we're fat, we like nice clothes, and we've got cash.

... still his philanthropy was of that gunpowderous sort that the difference between it and animosity was hard to determine.

When you've got the money, you spend it. When you've spent it all, let someone else get going and spend theirs.

I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.

Philanthropy is activism.

It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can pay everyone who works for you.

The good-they cannot create; they are always the beginning of the end.

I'll get involved in philanthropy.

Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly so.

Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely... call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of an American tradition.

Philanthropy can be integrated into business. I believe strongly that companies can be incredible agents of good in the world.

I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.

To insure the continuity of philanthropy, we must instill in kids the values and attitudes that will enable them to see charity as a vital part of their lives.

One of my goals is to reinvent philanthropy.

In the same way that you're driven in your business to keep innovating - Facebook is a wonderful example of constant innovation - think about doing that in philanthropy.

Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.

Philanthropy is an important subject of liberal education because it examines the role of good works in shaping our conceptions of the good society and the good life.

We cannot preserve philanthropic and charitable values if we detach them completely from our fundamental personal beliefs and convictions.

Do we live for or do we live off philanthropy?

Philanthropy is the principal social institution that provides instruction in voluntary service.

I never knew a trader in philanthropy who was not wrong in his head or heart somewhere or other.

Be discriminating when dispensing charity. In the name of charity or philanthropy, we tend to do injustice to one's country.

Philanthropy has always been something that I've been kind of interested in because I think it was instilled at a very young age through my parents.

When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is shy in personality but flamboyant in his philanthropy.

A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.

To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike.

When you have power and use it for destructive purpose: you don't deserve it.

Every act of goodness is born from our desire to be happy.

We can show love, respect for others, and honesty in whatever we do to help humanity.

A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.

I’ve never been motivated by money – it doesn’t drive Me.

Caring for others is the best way to fulfil our own interests.

Giving Back reframes portraits of philanthropy.

To really be of help to others we need to be guided by compassion.

Power engenders the evil-minded who ill-treat the needy in all parts of the world.

I don’t wish to be successful but I definitely wish to be successful in helping someone, sometime for something good.

I think it's important that we give back to society and our fellow man regardless of our professions. We all need help at times. And when we support each other, we're all a little stronger.

The man who dies rich dies disgraced leaving the earth without making it better than he met it. Give to humanity.

Love is divine ink: miracles are God's signature.