Capable Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

The first duty of man is to support himself - to see to it that he does not become a burden. His next duty…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

I think it is a man's duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that…

— John D. Rockefeller

My views on charity are very simple. I do not consider it a major virtue and, above all, I do not consider it a…

— Ayn Rand

The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely…

— John Stuart Mill

The best rule for philanthropy is to give until it hurts, as much as you can, because none of us can get through life…

— John C. Bogle

Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous.

— Thomas Browne

I think that what we leave behind us is extremely important. I therefore spend a fair amount of time on the charitable front, and…

— David Bonderman

“This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or…

— Andrew Carnegie

What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue.

— Ayn Rand

I respect generosity in people, and I respect it in companies too, I don't look at it as philanthropy; I see it as an…

— Paul Newman

I always try to include charity as part of my compensation or give a percentage of what I earn to charity.

— Jill Zarin