Quotes About Philanthropy

You will achieve what you want to achieve, only if you can cope with the theory of altruism.

Rather than being a human, be a humanitarian

Generosity is love.

Giving, goodness and generosity expresses love.

Unselfishness.

The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.

business men accumulate great fortunes, by giving before they try to get.

Stay human, take as much as you can, under the condition that you give more than you take.

Benevolence is the twin of pride.

The besetting sin of a philanthropist, it appears to me, is apt to be a moral obliquity. His sense of honor ceases to be the sense of other honorable men. At some point of his course—I know not exactly when or where—he is tempted to palter with the right, and can scarcely forbear persuading himself that the importance of his public ends renders it allowable to throw aside his private conscience.

But I am weary of this place, and sick to death of playing at philanthropy and progress. Of all varieties of mock-life, we have surely blundered into the very emptiest mockery in our effort to establish the one true system. I

The moral which presents itself to my reflections, as drawn from Hollingsworth's character and errors, is simply this, that, admitting what is called philanthropy, when adopted as a profession, to be often useful by its energetic impulse to society at large, it is perilous to the individual whose ruling passion, in one exclusive channel, it thus becomes. It

If technology allows us a new way to give, how could it be wrong?

Paradoxically, a saint like [Albert] Schweitzer can give one a lot more trouble than King Leopold II, villain of unmitigated guilt, because along with doing good and saving African lives Schweitzer also managed to announce that the African was indeed his brother, but only his junior brother.

Generosity is not so much a virtuous act as it is a virtuous response.

I'm a rich man, but I don't want to be a miser.

I was always clear that I didn't want to just do pure charity. My thinking was definitely about looking at the levers in society that will change the system of inequity, not one person's misfortune.

My sister has a non-profit organization called Mission Change. It helps the homeless and kids.

HSNi Cares was established in 2010 with a mission to empower women and support children and families in need locally, nationally, and globally.

You know, you should really look at where Mitt has led his life, and where he's been financially. He's a very generous person. We give 10 percent of our income to our church every year. Do you think that is the kind of person that is trying to hide things, or do things? No.

Kiss is not a charity. Never, ever mix commerce and charity.

Charity is important; so is being fair and honest and honorable in your business - but you cannot mix the two.

I love football, but I also want to give back. I want to take care of kids and single moms, so it's not only about playing football. I want my life to matter in that way.

Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.