Philanthropy Quotes · Page 17

“It was my mother who regularly reminded me that I was merely a steward of any wealth I gained. With wealth came…

— Bill Gates

That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.

— James Russell Lowell

[May] this civic and social landmark [the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center] ... be a constant reminder of the inspiring service that…

— Calvin Coolidge

Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.

— John D. Rockefeller

If the Americans would only take all the money they have spent on this war (Iraq), and spend it like Soros has…

— Orhan Pamuk

Today, philanthropy is a very unsophisticated, old world process where people who make a shitload of money go and give it away…

— Peter Diamandis

The difference between charity and philanthropy is the distance of the soul... To be philanthropic is to give something, to be charitable…

— Maya Angelou

Remember that everyone's life is measured by the power that individual has to make the world better-this is all life is.

— Booker T. Washington

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I…

— William Penn

Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined…

— Vince Lombardi

Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.

— Naveen Jain

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We look in our own backyard and say, 'How do we help at-risk families, at risk youth? How do we think through…

— Melinda Gates

Almost every man we meet requires some civility; requires to be humored; - he has some fame, some talent, some whim of…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think that's an obligation you have, to give back no matter what happens. It actually ends up being easier when you're…

— George Lucas

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

— Donna Karan

I respect generosity in people, and I respect it in companies too, I don't look at it as philanthropy; I see it…

— Paul Newman

Philanthropy is loving, and ameliorative, revolutionary; it wakens lofty desires, new possibilities, achievements, and energies; ... it touches thought to spiritual issues,…

— Mary Baker Eddy

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

Family, fashion, philanthropy are our core pillars.

— Kendra Scott

Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.

— Peter Diamandis

I have a philanthropy advisor, Hari Menon, who was earlier at the Gates Foundation.

— Rohini Nilekani

'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.

— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen