Quotes About Philanthropy

Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.

When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

The poor will always be with you.

The poor always ye have with you.

I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind-hearted, fat, benevolent people do.

The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

Having given all he had, He then is very rich indeed.

Practice charity without holding in mind any conceptions about charity, for charity after all is just a word.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

There are different types of people in this world, and I am the type of person who loves to give.

With Stand Up To Cancer, every penny goes to Cancer Research UK. You are playing with people's lives. I knew I needed to get as much money as possible.

Government, in its ultimate form, is the biggest philanthropher based in the world. And Bill Gates also said that he could do a small part of what the government can do, which is business philanthropy, equalling people and making sure there is inclusiveness.

It's not that I am against the rich giving money to charities. I'm all for it, and we should think of ways of encouraging more of it. But I also believe that states, rather than individuals, are ultimately a better bet for delivering a fair and just world and reconciling differing interests.

It's time to re-think charity. It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. The fight for these freedoms must be our new cause, because without them, all of our causes are ultimately lost.

This was the invention of modern American philanthropy as we know it. The idea of systematizing giving to achieve human progress was the true innovation of John D. Rockefeller, and ultimately the Rockefeller Foundation's legacy.

You know my mother during her lifetime was unable to set up a foundation for the arts. She always had that idea and did help the arts in many other ways but never was able to set up her own foundation, so we did it in her name after her passing.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Money should be used to help others.

Real kindness seeks no return.

Developing compassion and wisdom and helping those in need is the true meaning of life.

Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.

I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his money.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.