Church Quote by Lindsey Graham

Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the…

— David Rockefeller

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.

— Noreena Hertz

Many of the problems of poverty and need are really problems of physical infrastructure: not enough hospitals, too few schools, insufficient roads, bridges, and…

— Naveen Jain

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

Who can begrudge the generosity of the wealthy, you might say. Wherever you stand on the concentration of wealth and power in the hands…

— Owen Jones

Many people are alienated by faceless bureaucracy and what they see as an erosion of participatory democracy. Consequently, there has been a revival of…

— Frank Prochaska

When lack of funds prevents hospitals from functioning efficiently and fully, private philanthropy of all kinds must help. The difference it makes in terms…

— Henry Townley Heald

There is one kind of charity common enough among us... It is that patchwork philanthropy which clothes the ragged, feeds the poor, and heals…

— Jamsetji Tata

I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away their time,…

— David Rubenstein

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

So many rich people, when they get into philanthropy, they have one thing they like, or several things they focus on. They pick a…

— David Fahrenthold

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