Philanthropy is the principal social institution that provides instruction in voluntary service. — Robert L. Payton Copy Share Image
When you are the head of any philanthropy organization, what you learn is empathy, how to listen and be responsive to people's… — Jacky Rosen Copy Share Image
Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money. — Michael Porter Copy Share Image
“A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
We are, after all, only trustees of the wealth we possess. Without the community and its resources... there would be little wealth… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“There may be nothing in the world so dangerous as a wealthy woman with good intentions.” — Lloyd Mullins Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“So the charity gala was to raise money for wounded veterans. I was surprised it wasn’t for something more superficial, like Billionaires… — J.T. Geissinger Copy Share Image
I always had the old-school model that I'm going to work for as long as I'm relevant and focus on for-profit activities… — Marc Andreessen Copy Share Image
One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from… — 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
The real issue is, how much goodwill do you invest in the work? And goodwill is not something that we can buy… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Engaging in social business is beneficial to a company because it leverages on business competencies to address social issues, involves one-time investment… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
It’s important to think good, speak good, and do good. If we want to see positive change in the world, then we… — Shari Arison Copy Share Image
Inside any important philanthropy meeting, you witness heads of state meeting with investment managers and corporate leaders. All are searching for answers… — Peter Buffett Copy Share Image
[May] this civic and social landmark [the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center] ... be a constant reminder of the inspiring service that… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do.… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“That seemed to be a feature of life in the country [Malawi]: to welcome strangers, to let them live out their fantasy… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“The Kochs were not alone. As they sought ways to steer American politics hard to the right without having to win the… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
How can the physique be braced if no fresh breath from the outer world is suffered to permeate the languid, enervating air… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We tell the for-profit sector, 'Spend, spend, spend on advertising until the last dollar no longer produces a penny of value,' but… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The practice of charity will bind us...will bind all men in one great brotherhood. — Conrad Hilton Copy Share Image
“We are good to others only because we think that that is, or will be, good for us.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine. — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
“There's nothing wrong in being rich and famous, so long as you're giving back more than you're keeping for yourself.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
One of the great conundrums in philanthropy globally is that the way wealth creation happens itself often creates the inequities in society. — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more. — will.i.am Copy Share Image
Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-caluculated less or more. — William Wordsworth 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
Legal plunder has two roots: One, as we have just seen, is in human selfishness; the other is in false philanthropy. — Frederic Bastiat 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
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