Quotes About Philanthropy

Charles Dickens collaborated with the heiress and philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts to set up a 'Magdalen House' to train prostitutes in other trades to prepare them for a new life in Australia.

Service... Giving what you don't have to give. Giving when you don't need to give. Giving because you want to give.

Real charity doesn't care if it's tax-deductible or not.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit" seems like the motto not just for Chopra but for the entire conference. Benioff and his philanthropy, the dry ice and fog machines, the concerts and comedians: None of this has anything to do with software or technology. It's a show, created to entertain people, boost sales, and fluff a stock price.

We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't have a visceral reaction to the notion that people would make a lot of money NOT helping other people.

Our generation does not want its epitaph to read, 'We kept charity overhead low.' We want it to read that we changed the world.

The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead. Ask about the scale of their dreams.

Philanthropy is the market for love. It is the market for all those people for whom there is no other market coming.

Once in a while, I like to polish my halo by taking on a case pro bono.

two types of business organizations—profit and nonprofit. One makes money, the other does good.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

What is superfluous to your poor estate, distribute. This is distributive charity: a virtue so sacred that crimes against it are the forerunner of inevitable doom.

No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues.

Charity only works when smart, innovative, compassionate people in the field are supported from home. The World of Children Award raises money and visibility for change makers, people doing the real work. We are a conduit for funding and resources only; all of our operating costs are covered by our generous board of governors.

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

Keep doing good deeds long enough and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.

I've been so bothered with my property, that I'm tired of it, and don't mean to save up any more, but give it away as I go along, and then nobody will envy me, or want to steal it, and I shan't be suspecting folks and worrying about my old cash.

The greatest human achievements have never been for profit.

He that does good to another does good also to himself.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, Dr. King had said, what are you doing for others?

The great men and women of history were not great because of what they earned and owned, but rather for what they gave their lives to accomplish.

Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie declared, "It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone." To do something really big, let go of your ego, and get ready to be part of a team.

Put your money to work. If you know someone with the vision to do something really great—something that will positively impact the lives of others—provide resources for him to accomplish it. Put your money to work for something that will outlive you.