The merchant must be no more pessimist than optimist, since pessimism induces him to hold back his capital but optimism induces him… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time. — Barbara Bush Copy Share Image
I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away… — David Rubenstein Copy Share Image
We are all part of the human family and we should be about doing what all good families do - caring for… — Dan O'Neill Copy Share Image
Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better. — Cecil Rhodes Copy Share Image
Never think you need to apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy cause, any more than as though you were… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
... the hey-day of a woman's life is on the shady side of fifty, when the vital forces heretofore expended in other… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The currency of ones thinking for generosity of people welfare never devaluates and only buys newer ideas. — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
I realize there are few sectors that can do what philanthropy does, which is look at big problems, take a long term… — Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey Copy Share Image
My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying. — Azim Premji Copy Share Image
Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Unless we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is-whether its victim is human or animal-we cannot expect things to be… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
“In other words, paradoxically, loners are the truth philanthropists. Loving nothing is equivalent to loving everything. Damn, it's only a matter of… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
Society can't wait. It's sad there are so many entrepreneurs, business successes and venture capitalists who give no thought to society. — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
“Philanthropists should find innovations that release the energies of people. Individuals don't want to be taken care of --they need to be… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between charity and between activism and philanthropy. They're very different things and I think, you know, everybody should… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
A tiny portion of the population controls the lions share of the wealth and most of the command positions of state, manufacturing,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
a man there was, though some did count him mad, the more he cast away the more he had. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
“Selfless giving unto others represents one's true wealth. Give without remembering, and receive without forgetting. Give back in some way.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
I know rappers who are grandparents and we still haven't conquered politics, social development, philanthropy and these are areas, as we become… — Rhymefest Copy Share Image
