I was born to Haitian parents, and the idea of giving back is really just a part of our culture. So, I… — Karen Civil Copy Share Image
The vineyards of philanthropy are pleasant places, and I would hope good men and women will be drawn there… If these vineyards… — Harold J. Seymour Copy Share Image
Mark Zuckerberg will be a hero to many young entrepreneurs 20 years from now. Bill Gates will be a hero to others,… — Warren Buffett 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
It's an irony that growing inequality could mean more money for philanthropy. In the US, quite a few of the ultra-rich have… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
“It takes money to make money, even begging. Humans are herd animals. If a stranger’s bleeding to death beside the road, most… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
The philanthropist too often surrounds mankind with the remembrance of his own cast- off griefs as an atmosphere, and calls it sympathy.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If the Americans would only take all the money they have spent on this war (Iraq), and spend it like Soros has… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between charity and between activism and philanthropy. They're very different things and I think, you know, everybody should… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
No sincere desire of doing good need make an enemy of a single human being; that philanthropy has surely a flaw in… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The most disgusting cad in the world is the man who on the grounds of decorum and morality avoids the game of… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
To us, the definition of philanthropy is what we spend. A P&L account means expenditure, lines of revenue. There is a surplus;… — Shiv Nadar Copy Share Image
Government, in its ultimate form, is the biggest philanthropher based in the world. And Bill Gates also said that he could do… — Shiv Nadar Copy Share Image
Almost every man we meet requires some civility; requires to be humored; - he has some fame, some talent, some whim of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
With my business, the way you make big money is you find a great management team and a good concept, and you… — Stanley Druckenmiller Copy Share Image
Personal philanthropy must be separated from corporate philanthropy. Personal philanthropy is more about giving back to society, or giving forward, as it… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Once you are wealthy, you are in a nice comfort zone and want to stay there. So I always look in the… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is loving, and ameliorative, revolutionary; it wakens lofty desires, new possibilities, achievements, and energies; ... it touches thought to spiritual issues,… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
“True humanity demands that every human should be loved equally, but if that's not possible for you then at least love whoever… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
The merchant must be no more pessimist than optimist, since pessimism induces him to hold back his capital but optimism induces him… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
fashion has always been a little slow in accommodating large women. ... We're not asking for philanthropy here. Wake up, we're fat,… — Camryn Manheim Copy Share Image
She gave me a pledge card, a card promising an annual gift of $5, $10, or $25 toward the support of the… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
I never thought I would be in a position like this, where my words and experiences are now inspiring others to follow… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
It's time to re-think charity. It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. The fight for these… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away… — David Rubenstein Copy Share Image
Apart from being motivation for themselves, I think big givers should also talk about their philanthropy so that their work and their… — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
here are economies like China's economy where it's less than a tenth [of a percent] today, although it is growing, is quite… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“In other words, paradoxically, loners are the truth philanthropists. Loving nothing is equivalent to loving everything. Damn, it's only a matter of… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
A press statement may be given with a very good intention, but it says nothing beyond it. If it comes from corporations… — Shiv Nadar Copy Share Image
![“Mark Zuckerberg will be a hero to many young entrepreneurs 20 years from now. Bill Gates will be a hero to others, and they will look to those [people] like I read books when I was in my teens about Rockefeller or Carnegie.” quote by Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7f2/warren-buffett-183_bills_mark-zuckerberg-will-be-a-hero-to-many-y_1946202.jpg)
![“here are economies like China's economy where it's less than a tenth [of a percent] today, although it is growing, is quite small, because of the notion that the government takes care of everything, and Europe and China, philanthropy has not been nearly of the same scale.” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/24f/bill-gates-137_care_here-are-economies-like-china-s-economy_2293366.jpg)
