Philanthropy Quotes · Page 18

I urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present.

— Kofi Annan

As the funds you will expend have come from many places in the world, so let there be no territorial, religious, or…

— Conrad Hilton

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

Philanthropy is the principal social institution that provides instruction in voluntary service.

— Robert L. Payton

Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.

— Oscar Wilde

“All agree that, the first responsibility for the alleviation of poverty and distress and for the care of the victims of the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Tell men that God is love; that right is right, and wrong, wrong; let them cease to admire philanthropy, and begin to…

— Frederick William Robertson

I'm a technologist by origin and by training, but I'm focused on philanthropy.

— Pierre Omidyar

India's connection with philanthropy didn't begin with western influences. The connection with philanthropy is age-old and ingrained in our value systems.

— Shiv Nadar

Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting…

— Eli Broad

A personal injustice is stronger motivation than any instinct for philanthropy.

— John Irving

I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.

— Ricky Martin

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others

— Denis Diderot

John Marks Templeton has achieved exemplary success in both business and philanthropy. For Looking Forward he has assembled a diverse and remarkable…

— Rupert Murdoch

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get…

— John D. Rockefeller

Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

— Sandra Cisneros

If you're outraged at conditions, then you can't possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them…

— Cesar Chavez

... still his philanthropy was of that gunpowderous sort that the difference between it and animosity was hard to determine.

— Charles Dickens

There are philanthropists who, incapable of managing their own little affairs, take upon themselves those of the whole world; but as their…

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Philanthropy is all about making a positive difference in the world by devoting your resources and your time to causes you believe…

— Jeffrey Skoll

The Americans, on the contrary, are fond of explaining almost all the actions of their lives by the principle of interest rightly…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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

— John Ruskin

There's a dark underside to philanthropy. People who give a bunch of money are deferred to, even when they are wrong. The…

— Michael Eric Dyson

If philanthropy is not voluntary, it destroys liberty and justice. The law can give nothing that has not first been taken from…

— Frederic Bastiat