Quotes About Philanthropy

i'm out to make difference in the world, to lead the way by giving much and giving often.

What drives my life is not the desire to get along with other people or make friends so much as a moral obligation to give back as much as—no, more than—I take. That's karma. It's really not so far from the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Some

To a foreign eye, America has so much philanthropy and so little charity. Most people have to kill themselves to prove that they deserve ordinary kindness, while a tiny group of people never stop boasting about how generous they are – as long as it's tax-deductible.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.

Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

the inducements of philanthropy to those of patriotism

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing

But thousands die, without or this or that,Die, and endow a college, or a cat.

If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don't waste your money on me. Help the homeless. Help the needy... people who don't have no food... Instead of some big funeral, where they come from here and there and all over. Save it.

You could go out and give a million dollars to a charity tomorrow to help the homeless. You could argue that it is just wasted. They are not putting anything back into the community.

There's a lot of complacency in philanthropy. People figure organizations are trying to do good, and that's enough, even if the results aren't there. But that's wasteful and inefficient. It crowds out better programs.

It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.

I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.

The responsibility of philanthropy rests with us. The wealthier we are, the more powerful we get. We cannot put the entire onus on the government.

It feels good to be in a place now where I can give back to my community.

If I hadn't given my money away, I'd have had more than anyone else on the planet.

I don't have any plans to make money for myself. All I wish to do is empower rural women in our country.

To me, 'Chopped' is a great platform for championing great causes.

The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what we do. It's a great platform for us to give back to the community that started me in the game and other communities.

You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities.