We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Humanity, in the aggregate, is progressing, and philanthropy looks forward hopefully. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never… — D. Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the… — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
As a philanthropist, I give away a lot of money every year. Yet I thought there was a higher leverage to come… — Jeffrey Skoll Copy Share Image
Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and… — Henry Ward Beecher 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
Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I… — William Penn Copy Share Image
In the rest of the world, rich people will give a donation, and businessmen give to charities. But in Mexico, the execution… — Ricardo Salinas Pliego Copy Share Image
One of the greatest things you have in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want… — Jaime Escalante Copy Share Image
Conservatives, who have presumed that the key to preventing AIDS is abstinence-only education, and liberals, who have focused on distribution of condoms,… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
God never estimates what we give from impulse. We are given credit for what we determine in our hearts to give; for… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Another activity that isn’t celebrated as charity is what Robin has called “marginal charity.”65 Here the idea is to nudge our personal… — Kevin Simler Copy Share Image
It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
If you get to think of sharing wealth with people who need it and the purposes that need it, it gives a… — Shiv Nadar Copy Share Image
Individuals interested in donating can call The Bridge. We do still need food, paper products, money, cleaning supplies - if people could… — Maggie Elizabeth Jones Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There is a natural law, a Divine law, that obliges you and me to relieve the suffering, the distressed and the destitute. — Conrad Hilton Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is never understood by those who don't have it in their own hearts. — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
Successful charitable fund-raising has much in common with managing a business: It requires leadership, persistence, and creativity. — David Rockefeller 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
We must serve consciously as caring role models, emphasizing the ethic of service, not consumption. — Marian Wright Edelman 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
You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying. — Azim Premji Copy Share Image
The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy. — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty. — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
It's time to stop obsessing about overhead and start focusing on progress. Change charity, and charity can change the world. — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What role can such philanthropy play in a society like ours? For one, philanthropic capital can go where markets will not go… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
