Quotes About Philanthropy

We celebrate the birth of one who told us to give everything to the poor by giving each other motorized tie racks.

The wealthy are generally impressed with an idea, that they shall never stand in need of public charitable relief; but a little less confidence would become them better.

The nice thing about money is that you can do good things with it. I still feel like if something needs to be done or we need to raise money for someone on death row, we can find ways to do it.

As a counterbalance to the list of seven deadly sins, the church in the Middle Ages came up with a list of seven works of mercy: to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, house the homeless, visit the sick, ransom the captive, bury the dead.

I mean this: we were right to agree that good men must be beneficent, and that this could not be otherwise.

And if we are good, we are beneficent: for all good things are beneficial. Are they not?

not thinking of what I can get, but thinking of what I can give

Giving with no expectation of a return is the only way to give," he said. That is, of course, the absolute truth, although I had not thought of it before.

Najsretniji je onaj ?ovjek koji je u?inio sretnima najviše ljudi.

Who, pray tell, is for leaving the naked unclothed and the hungry without food? Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism advocated caring for the helpless millennia before Marx was born. So, when the Jewish, Christian, or secular Left tell us repeatedly that they are for clothing the naked, they really mean two other things: (1) Their opponents are not for feeding the hungry and clothing the naked and (2) Only those who affirm Left-wing policies are.

Religious Americans donate more and volunteer more time to charitable institutions than do secular Americans.

My kids have so much, and it's the only way I can teach them that there is a responsibility to their life that comes with being lucky. You give some of yourself to others.

I believe in living for this world - that's my doctrine - to make everybody happy that you can.

There is good business doing good.

The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.

The money I have earned has given me the opportunity to give back to the people who do not have the same opportunities as me.

I'm going to give all my money away, eventually. I don't believe in all this hand-down stuff. Even if I had kids, I don't think I'd want to give them everything.

We have the Noble Desire to help others and benefit the world, without expecting any return or recognition

With his intellectual rigor goes a great generosity of spirit.

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

This is to assuage our conscience, darling" she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor. They don't need charity; they need justice.

Give of yourself, not yourself.

The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering: Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.

anyone can acquire wealth, the real art is giving it away.