Amount Quote by Jeffrey Skoll

Though easy to define, it is important to understand the significance of philanthropy. I believe it is really a state of mind: where one…

— Shiv Nadar

Philanthropy is loving, and ameliorative, revolutionary; it wakens lofty desires, new possibilities, achievements, and energies; ... it touches thought to spiritual issues, systematizes action,…

— Mary Baker Eddy

I just think that philanthropy is a fancy way to say that you care about others and that you want to serve others. And…

— Priscilla Chan

I realize there are few sectors that can do what philanthropy does, which is look at big problems, take a long term view, try…

— Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Philanthropy is the duty of how we should behave when things go wrong for people, and how we can help to make things better…

— Robert L. Payton

One of the big myths about philanthropy is that it's all about donating funds for a cause. I like to look at it quite…

— Pankaj Patel

Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.

— Melinda Gates

Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.

— Oprah Winfrey

“In my view, philanthropy goes against the grain; therefore it generates a lot of hypocrisy and many paradoxes. Here are some examples: Philanthropy is…

— George Soros

Philanthropy has always been something that I've been kind of interested in because I think it was instilled at a very young age through…

— Serinda Swan

A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some…

— Walter Scott

Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely…

— Naveen Jain