Philanthropy Quotes

347 Philanthropy quotes by 228 unique authors

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could… — John D. Rockefeller
The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source. — John D. Rockefeller
Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege. — John D. Rockefeller
We are, after all, only trustees of the wealth we possess. Without the community and its resources... there would be little wealth for anyone. — John Ruskin
Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune. — Seneca the Younger
A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. — Seneca the Younger
Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it. — Seneca the Younger
I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I… — George Soros
He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice. — Henry Taylor
An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. Help yourself by helping others. You have the most powerful weapons on earth - love and prayer. — John Templeton
To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. — Mother Teresa
Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind. — Henry David Thoreau
The Americans make associations to give entertainment, to found seminaries, to build inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books, to send missionaries to the antipodes;… — Alexis de Tocqueville
It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet. — D. Elton Trueblood
There is no cause half so sacred as the cause of the people. There is no idea so uplifting as the idea of the service… — Woodrow Wilson
Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-caluculated less or more. — William Wordsworth
With a generation of younger folks who have thrived on the success of their companies, there is a big opportunity for many of us to… — Mark Zuckerberg
We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it. — James A. Baldwin
Sometimes give your services for nothing. — Hippocrates
Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis, the welfare of the workers… — Samuel Gompers

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