Social advance depends quite as much upon an increase in moral sensibility as it does upon a sense of duty. — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective. — Marc Benioff Copy Share Image
One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Almsgiving, according to the Gospel, is not mere philanthropy; rather it is a concrete expression of charity, a theological virtue that demands… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
I used to be opposed to the idea of social entrepreneurship. I said, you know, let business be business, and philanthropy be… — George Soros Copy Share Image
You have had your last bad meal. But, you have also heard your last honest compliment, and you have lost your last… — Abraham Flexner 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
The Greek word for idiot, literally translated, means one who does not participate in politics. That sums up my conviction on the… — Gladys Pyle Copy Share Image
The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Conservatives, who have presumed that the key to preventing AIDS is abstinence-only education, and liberals, who have focused on distribution of condoms,… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
In order to learn how to do something well, you have to fail sometimes. In order to fail, there has to be… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
I deem it the duty of every man to devote a certain portion of his income for charitable purposes; and that it… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal with all species with kindness, love, and compassion. That these animals… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
In the four decades of philanthropy that have paralleled my business career, I've found that the same principles apply whether you're providing… — Michael Milken 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've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
It's really one of my all-time favorite things to do. To go out and really see the kids and visit the moms… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
True salvation can come only to a person who renders service to the community. — Yisroel Salanter Copy Share Image
My father, a bookkeeper who never earned more than $11,000 a year in his life, sat there, writing out a $25 check… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
