I'm a technologist by origin and by training, but I'm focused on philanthropy. — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The good-they cannot create; they are always the beginning of the end. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy. — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
I think the great livers, the people who are fully self-actualizing and alive, are the great givers. — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can pay everyone… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined. — James Cook 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
As I see it, most major philanthropists have been bullied into giving. They feel social pressure to give. It has become a… — Steven Levitt 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
“The story of Andrew Ewing is partly one of rags to riches – but there is more to it than that, since… — Bill Scott Copy Share Image
In philanthropy, many of us give a little bit and each year we give more and more to see what actually works… — John Paul DeJoria Copy Share Image
Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is… — Conrad Hilton Copy Share Image
The Americans make associations to give entertainment, to found seminaries, to build inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books, to send missionaries… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
What's success all about? What's philanthropy all about? Let's think of our legacy, following in the footsteps of some great Americans like… — Norman Braman Copy Share Image
I just think that philanthropy is a fancy way to say that you care about others and that you want to serve… — Priscilla Chan Copy Share Image
I don't care if you're a parent giving to a child, a worker to a company, or a romantic to a lover,… — John Frederick Demartini Copy Share Image
There is perhaps no sort of self more subject to dangerous egotism than that which deludes itself with the notion that it… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
I do think that people have an obligation to give back but that doesn't necessarily mean that you give back just the… — Steve Case Copy Share Image
If you have the abilities to earn a lot of money and if you have the character to persist in giving that… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The only role other than paying their taxes, whatever those are, the only role for philanthropy broadly - of which the rich… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
... our scholarships should be bestowed on those whose ability and earnestness in the primary department have been proved, and whose capacity… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
I've seen how important this concept is in business. To be truly successful, companies need to have a corporate mission that is… — Marc Benioff Copy Share Image
I was encouraged to break all the rules but to take the best of philanthropy, the best of investing, and the best… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
