Philanthropy Quotes · Page 9

Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.

— Peter Diamandis

If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the…

— Warren Buffett

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

— James Cook

I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others

— Carlos Slim

I respect generosity in people, and I respect it in companies too, I don't look at it as philanthropy; I see it…

— Paul Newman

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

— Anonymous

Money is only unused power. The real purpose of wealth, after food, clothing and shelter, is philanthropy.

— Leon Levy

Give thanks. Appreciate what you DO have ... the more we give thanks, the more we receive to be thankful for. Gratitude…

— Matthew McConaughey

We should all be proud of the many contributions Hellenes have made in our society, especially in the areas of science, medicine,…

— Nicole Malliotakis

Young people often aren't in a position to write checks to charities. But there are two things they can do that are…

— Nicholas Kristof

I think all philanthropy invests in product innovation, whether in a vaccine or a new kind of product of one sort or…

— Judith Rodin

Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a…

— Peter B. Lewis

Today, philanthropy is a very unsophisticated, old world process where people who make a shitload of money go and give it away…

— Peter Diamandis

If we make sacrifices in doing good or in doing ill, it does not alter the ultimate value of our actions; even…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. Our charities should pinch and hamper us. If we live…

— C. S. Lewis

The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is…

— Frederic Bastiat

The constitutionality and propriety of the Federal Government assuming to enter into a novel and vast field of legislation, namely, that of…

— Franklin Pierce

We all start out with no discipline, no patience, no perseverance, no determination. We all start out at zero. People say, 'You…

— Edward James Olmos

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide…

— William Graham Sumner

I will help-but only so much, only so far. It is not that I believe these children are less than my own.…

— Sharman Apt Russell

I used to be opposed to the idea of social entrepreneurship. I said, you know, let business be business, and philanthropy be…

— George Soros

The paths by which people journey toward happiness lie in part through the world about them and in part through the experience…

— Carl Hilty

There is one kind of charity common enough among us... It is that patchwork philanthropy which clothes the ragged, feeds the poor,…

— Jamsetji Tata

You can do things in every part of the world. You can do things in every discipline. You can do large things,…

— Marc Benioff

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

— Robert G. Allen

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

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.

— John D. Rockefeller

The responsibility of philanthropy rests with us. The wealthier we are, the more powerful we get. We cannot put the entire onus…

— Azim Premji

There is no cause half so sacred as the cause of the people. There is no idea so uplifting as the idea…

— Woodrow Wilson

Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral…

— Pope Francis

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

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can,…

— John D. Rockefeller

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

— Carlos Fuentes

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

— Hosea Ballou

We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

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

— Jon Bon Jovi

For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses.

— Anita Roddick

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

— Oprah Winfrey

Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve…

— Bill Gates