There is no cause half so sacred as the cause of the people. There is no idea so uplifting as the idea… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The best philanthropy is not just about giving money but giving leadership. The best philanthropists bring the gifts that made them successful-the… — Tony Blair 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
Philanthropy is lost. The human spirit is suppressed. Most people want a legacy; they want to give something back, a library, a… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today.… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
When we see a special reformer we feel like asking him, What right have you, sir, to your own virtue? Is virtue… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is in Aristotle an almost complete absence of what may be called benevolence or philanthropy. The sufferings of mankind . .… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We are seeing smarter philanthropy, more philanthropy, and that's true world wide. So it's kind of a movement that has a lot… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
In business, the market gives you feedback in real time. Your sales figures tell you what's working, what isn't, and how you… — Jeff Raikes Copy Share Image
I don't go looking for somewhere to spend my money. You can step on a tube of toothpaste for a week, if… — T. Boone Pickens Copy Share Image
A man may be a Bah' in name only. If he is a Bah' in reality, his deeds and actions will be… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
Ah, how little you know of human happiness - you comfortable and benevolent people! For happiness and unhappiness are brother and sister… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
In my experience, the more successful an idea is, the easier it is to fund it. In philanthropy, it's almost harder. — Stanley Druckenmiller Copy Share Image
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate.… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
What the poor need is not charity but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers. And what the rich need is a wise, honorable… — Clarence Jordan Copy Share Image
