Quotes About Philanthropy

Once you make a lot of money, it's incredibly enjoyable to give it away. It's a way to satisfy the soul.

I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.

We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world.

It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood . . . but everyone has something to give.

Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around.

Making money and making the world a better place are not contrary to one another.

You have to be objective about money to use it fairly. It doesn't make you any better or any more useful than any other person. Even if you use your money to help people that doesn't.

I don't believe in giving people money. In Sunday school [you learn] that if you teach a man to fish, you feed him for life; but you give him a fish, you feed him for a day.

I can see being kind to people, but I don't think giving them money solves the problem. I think it makes the problem worse and it prolongs the ultimate, inevitable end anyway.

I suppose it is one time when you can really use your name to raise money. And if I am going to use it for anything, what more of a better opportunity (than) to use it here.

I did the Kilimanjaro climb a few years ago, then the six-day trek to Machu Picchu in Peru so this bike ride to raise money for Great Ormond Street seemed like the next big challenge.

Men who leave their money to be distributed by others are pie-faced mutts.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

May the time come when rich men and great men would think it an honor to support whole stations of missionaries in Africa, instead of spending their money on hounds and horses.

Giving money effectively is almost as hard as earning it in the first place.

Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our government spends money.

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

I think it is a man's duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

Money was made for the free-hearted and generous.

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.

If I was a billionaire, I'd be smart with my money.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.