Philanthropy Quotes · Page 16

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that he will donate $45 billion of his wealth to philanthropy. Two years ago, my husband and I…

— Zhang Xin

I can honestly say that TOMS is my future. I mean I have no desire to start any other company for as…

— Blake Mycoskie

Fifty seven million children across the world don't want an iPhone, Xbox or chocolates. They want a book and pen.

— Malala Yousafzai

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

— Aristotle

Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.

— John D. Rockefeller

We need that same mentality in philanthropy, trying things, taking risks, recognizing the first try, maybe the second try, maybe the third…

— Steve Case

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

— Oscar Wilde

School performance, public health, crime rates, clinical depression, tax compliance, philanthropy, race relations, community development, census returns, teen suicide, economic productivity, campaign…

— Robert D. Putnam

I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.

— Eli Broad

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

— Franklin Pierce

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.

— David Rockefeller

As I see it, there are two great forces of human nature: self-interest, and caring for others. Capitalism harnesses self-interest in a…

— Bill Gates

Engaging in social business is beneficial to a company because it leverages on business competencies to address social issues, involves one-time investment…

— Muhammad Yunus

There is a natural law, a Divine law, that obliges you and me to relieve the suffering, the distressed and the destitute.

— Conrad Hilton

By its very definition, civic responsibility means taking a healthy role in the life of one's community. That means that classroom lessons…

— John Glenn

“A humanitarian seldom makes a good lover. For a lover’s world revolves around their lover, while a humanitarian’s world revolves around the…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I get angry when someone calls me only rich.. I am happy with my social personality and my generosity.

— Sak?p Sabanc

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

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

The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.

— Melinda Gates

I've seen how important this concept is in business. To be truly successful, companies need to have a corporate mission that is…

— Marc Benioff

Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me.

— James Russell Lowell

As a tither you automatically become solution-oriented rather than problem-oriented.

— Mark Victor Hansen

Instead of exhorting you to augment your charity, I will rather utter an exhortation, or at least a supplication, that you may…

— Cotton Mather

One percent of the equity, 1 percent of the profits, and 1 percent of the people go into Google.org. The most important…

— Larry Brilliant