Philanthropic Quotes · Page 3

I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

— Michael Bloomberg

We live in an interdependent world. Every time you cut off somebody else's opportunities, you shrink your own horizons.

— William J. Clinton

Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.

— Seneca the Younger

I'm an artist, but, as I get older, I really want to do philanthropic work and help people.

— Andie MacDowell

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

I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way.

— Chiranjeevi

If you can't distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn't undertake philanthropic work.

— Anton Chekhov

American philanthropic custom owes much to leadership by business and professional people.

— Robert L. Payton

The Americans make associations to give entertainment, to found seminaries, to build inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books, to send missionaries…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I am a professional performer and I only appear on TV for entertainment or for philanthropic organizations, and I consider this a…

— Lionel Stander

Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is…

— Conrad Hilton

Philanthropic funding can play a vital role in testing and stimulating innovation that, when proven, can be implemented at scale by business…

— Sergio Ermotti

We should never lose sight of the very close link between individual giving and the formation of philanthropic traditions.

— Robert L. Payton

In my new book, 'Birth,' my goal is to share the path I have traveled in the spiritual sphere and in the…

— Shari Arison

“Let’s start a new slate, let’s look for the rainbow in every cloud and let’s be more humane and selfless, let us…

— Charmaine J Forde

We started our foundation because we believe we have a real opportunity to help advance equity around the world, to help make…

— Melinda Gates

Proactive giving is what you do when you've found your passion. It expresses your values, interests and concerns. It engages not just…

— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

I'm amazed by the potential of more companies employing integrated philanthropic initiatives at earlier stages in their life cycle. What if this…

— Marc Benioff

An organisation creating a huge employment opportunities but engaging in no philanthropic activities is doing greater yeomans service to the society than…

— Anuj Somany

Online, you can become much more than a reactive donor - you can become a proactive, strategic, collaborative philanthropist, improving your giving…

— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

My giving story started with my parents - my late mother, Frances Arrillaga, who dedicated her life to philanthropic and community service,…

— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

“These guys, individually and collectively, created a new philanthropic form, which was movement philanthropy,” said Rob Stein, a progressive political strategist, speaking…

— Jane Mayer

By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people.…

— Naveen Jain

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

When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.

— Confucius

To make the peaks higher. [His reason to target philanthropic funding to only the best university science departments.]

— Wickliffe Rose

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

— Pearl S. Buck

I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me.

— Paul Newman

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

— Homer

“Misers makes money their lord, but the spenders makes it their slaves and servants”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

We should always try to find corporate or philanthropic co-funders for the projects we think will make a difference.

— Penny Mordaunt

We’re seeing that business models and philanthropic models are not mutually exclusive.

— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

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

— Marc Benioff

“Most poor people do not really aspire to end poverty; they merely aspire to escape it.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

— David Rockefeller

We are, after all, only trustees of the wealth we possess. Without the community and its resources... there would be little wealth…

— John Ruskin

The main thing is to be philanthropic in your everyday life. You don't have to have money to do that. You can…

— Eva Longoria

To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and…

— Aristotle

For me, philanthropic return on investment is about making the biggest impact possible on fellow human beings, regardless of country, race or…

— Bobby Sager

The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations.

— Michael Bloomberg