Philanthropy Quotes
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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
Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.
— Bill Gates
The law has been perverted by the influence of two entirely different causes: stupid greed and false philanthropy. Let us speak of the first.
— Frederic Bastiat
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.
— David Rockefeller
If philanthropy is not voluntary, it destroys liberty and justice. The law can give nothing that has not first been taken from its owner.
— Frederic Bastiat
The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation.
— Mary Ritter Beard
Power engenders the evil-minded who ill-treat the needy in all parts of the world.
— Sylvia Iparraguirre
If there is one word that describes our form of society in America, it may be the word-voluntary.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Politics is social work with power.
— Barbara Mikulski
Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune.
— Seneca The Younger
The religious instinct will never be replaced by law or even philanthropy.
— Hugh Reginald Haweis
Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.
— Jacqueline Novogratz
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
Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
— Gamaliel Bailey
I very much believe in teaching young people about philanthropy, and to give back.
— Lynn Schusterman
Philanthropy is activism.
— Eli Broad
When I started teaching at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000, no field-based courses in strategic philanthropy existed.
— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
All the family money is for philanthropy, except for living expenses for my mother. She is 94 and isn't a big spender.
— Ronnie Chan
With few exceptions, the leading women in philanthropy, notably Melinda Gates, are the wives or daughters of rich and powerful men.
— Kavita Ramdas
We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Philanthropy lies at the heart of human greatness.
— Patrick J. Ryan
I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.
— Marc Benioff
'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.
— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
Philanthropy, like charity, must begin at home.
— Charles Lamb
He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
— Douglas William Jerrold
When we see a special reformer we feel like asking him, What right have you, sir, to your own virtue? Is virtue piecemeal?
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
One of my goals is to reinvent philanthropy.
— Peter Diamandis
Kindness is always fashionable.
— Amelia Barr
Philanthropy is the gateway to power
— Bert Cooper
Save the World-ers
— Kajsa Li Paludan
Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
— Naveen Jain
Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.
— Peter Diamandis
Philanthropy simply means love of what it means to be human.
— Valaida Fullwood
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
As a tither you automatically become solution-oriented rather than problem-oriented.
— Mark Victor Hansen
The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The law has been perverted through the influence of two very different causes-naked greed and misconceived philanthropy.
— Frederic Bastiat
Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.
— Pope Francis
Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.
— Michael Porter
What's the best way to make sure that the poor have a share in a country's growing wealth: Regulation? Taxes? Philanthropy?
— Linsey McGoey
Fundraising is an extreme sport!
— Marc A. Pitman
Be discriminating when dispensing charity. In the name of charity or philanthropy, we tend to do injustice to one's country.
— Sathya Sai Baba
To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.[To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.] — George Herbert
Men think it is philanthropy to give away sex.
— Girdhar Joshi
I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'
— Benjamin Franklin
Still his philanthropy was of that gunpowderous sort that the difference between it and animosity was hard to determine.
— Charles Dickens
Much is expected from those to whom much is given.
— C.S. Lewis
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth.
— Matthew McConaughey
Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live ...
— Helen Keller
Philanthropists themselves are often the first to admit that their philanthropy is aimed at preserving rather than redistributing wealth.
— Linsey McGoey
Philanthropy is my job.
— Will.i.am
Do we live for or do we live off philanthropy?
— Robert L. Payton
How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy.
— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
There is a place and a time for philanthropy, and there is only so much money you can give away.
— Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Michael Porter said that "corporations can use philanthropy to improve their competitive context
— Anonymous
To have people from every continent who are working on philanthropy, on social entrepreneurship, gives me a unique opportunity to engage.
— Darren Walker
In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.
— Shari Arison
Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.
— Marc Benioff
I get angry when someone calls me only rich.. I am happy with my social personality and my generosity.
— Sakip Sabanci
Without a love of humankind there is no love of God.
— Sholem Asch
It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.
— Barbara Jordan
Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
— William Penn
Rather than being a human, be a humanitarian
— Kowtham Kumar K
Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time.
— Mary Livermore
Those of us who have yet to find philanthropy may find there is a far greater reward from it than from wealth creation.
— John Caudwell
I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.
— Ricky Martin
The good-they cannot create; they are always the beginning of the end.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
If service is the rent you pay for your existence on this earth, are you behind in your rent?
— Robert G. Allen
Legal plunder has two roots: One, as we have just seen, is in human selfishness; the other is in false philanthropy.
— Frederic Bastiat
Donate and do not talk about it, they say you do nothing for the society; do and talk about it, they say you seek publicity!
— Amitabh Bachchan
Philanthropy is the principal social institution that provides instruction in voluntary service.
— Robert L. Payton
My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.
— An Wang
the inducements of philanthropy to those of patriotism,
— Alexander Hamilton
The best recreation is to do good.
— William Penn
Legal plunder has two roots: One of them, as I have said before, is in human greed; the other is in false philanthropy.
— Frederic Bastiat
