When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together. — Confucius Copy Share Image
American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people. — Robert L. Payton Copy Share Image
I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way. — Chiranjeevi Copy Share Image
If you can't distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn't undertake philanthropic work. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I'm an artist, but, as I get older, I really want to do philanthropic work and help people. — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
We live in an interdependent world. Every time you cut off somebody else's opportunities, you shrink your own horizons. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
What role can such philanthropy play in a society like ours? For one, philanthropic capital can go where markets will not go… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. Help yourself by helping others. You have the most powerful weapons on earth - love and… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
There is a natural link between the effective running of my businesses and the effective direction of philanthropic funds. I apply business… — Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi Copy Share Image
There is a natural law, a Divine law, that obliges you and me to relieve the suffering, the distressed and the destitute. — Conrad Hilton Copy Share Image
Every woman who has any margin of time or money to spare should adopt some one public interest, some philanthropic undertaking,or some… — Frances Power Cobbe Copy Share Image
God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to get things done. That is… — Jack Ma Copy Share Image
It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The Million Man March was held on a Monday. Most marches were always held on a weekend and most marches were paid… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
I confess that I have hitherto indulged very little in philanthropic enterprises… While my townsmen and women are devoted in somany ways… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
International friendly games are not worth the lives of the silk worms who perish to make the pennants. They do not even… — Danny Baker Copy Share Image
The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gifts...Thus a heavy… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I grew up in a business-inspired environment, and over the years have started and run several businesses and philanthropic organizations. Understanding how… — Shari Arison Copy Share Image
No matter how well-born, how intelligent, how highly educated, how virtuous, how rich, how refined, the women of to-day constitutea political class… — Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi Copy Share Image
It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is… — David Benatar Copy Share Image
The mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Nothing will serve you better than a strong work ethic. Nothing. And it's something that you can't teach. You have to be… — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image