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Quotes About Philanthropy

The silver ore of pure charity is an expensive article in the catalogue of a man's good qualities.
~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
~ Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Let us be Christians toward our fellow-whites, as well as philanthropists toward the blacks our fellow-men. In all things, and toward all, we are enjoined to do as we would be done by.
~ Herman Melville
If people knew the kind things my mom has done for the community and for families over the years, I think that they would be stunned.
~ Bobby Deen
[Peter Norman]was born and raised under the auspices of his mom and dad being involved in the Salvation Army. He believed in humanity. At all costs, he believed in humanity.
~ John Carlos
My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something that I knew, if I made the NFL, I would financially have the ability to do.
~ J. J. Watt
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
The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.
~ Andrew Carnegie
Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.
~ John Wesley
Many can give money to those in need, but to personally serve the needy readily, out of love, and in a fraternal spirit, requires a truly great soul.
~ Saint John Chrysostom
I remember when being liberal meant being generous with your own money.
~ Will Rogers
One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.
~ Molly Ivins
The business of business should not be about money. It should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed
~ Anita Roddick
Money comes and goes. When you pass away it's about what you've done to make this world a better place.
~ Tia Mowry
Be kind to all beings, this is more meritorious than bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage and donating money.
~ Guru Nanak
There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
Money is a very important tool to make a big difference in people's life. It is positive or negative depending on the values.
~ Shiv Khera
One of the greatest tazkiya (purification) of the nafs (self) is to part with your money and to give it to people who deserve it.
~ Junaid Jamshed
The real payoffs you never understand. You should just give good people money and tell them to do good things.
~ James Gosling
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
~ John D. Rockefeller
Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance.
~ Thomas Aquinas
The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don't have much personal use for money.
~ George Soros
I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.
~ Andrew Carnegie
I'll tell ya, my wife and I, we don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless, and I donate money to the topless!
~ Rodney Dangerfield