Quotes About Philanthropy

I think we really feel like Crowdrise could be something that, 20 years from now, people take for granted because that's just how you do it, like if you're going to raise money for something, that's how you do it.

I give to panhandlers on occasion, especially around the holidays, but have always been involved with charity, which was an important part of the way I was brought up. My siblings and I knew early on in life that we were incredibly fortunate and have never taken that for granted, so we recognize the importance of giving back.

America has become an exceptional nation not because of what we have taken, but because of what we have given.

We are givers, not takers.

Focus on solving real problems and not on making money. There will be enough takers for your solutions. You will help make lives of some people better, and money will follow.

Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.

China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the lives of poor people in China and around the world, and seek solutions for them.

When there is money, there is also greed. Everyone wants to talk to you when there is money. Only if you have the passion for it, you must become a philanthropist, else it'll become a headache.

I already do some charity, but I don't necessarily talk about it. That doesn't mean I don't do it.

My message is that giving is very important. Giving is a Jewish thing, and I like to talk about that. There's nothing more important, personally, for anybody than being able to give.

The only time I ever get choked is when I'm at Make-A-Wish headquarters, because you're talking and working with people who share the same ideals.

In many respects Angie saved Zahara's life and there are so many more children whose lives she could save and she talks about that constantly.

I created FEED as a way to provide people with a tangible way to make an impact in the fight against hunger, with each purchase of a FEED product donating meals directly to children in need.

God's blessing is not for personal aggrandizement, but to benefit and bless all the peoples of the earth. To understand the distinction makes all the difference in the world. The theology of wealth says, 'I give so that I can get.' Christian simplicity says, 'I get so that I can give.' The difference is profound.

the industrialist G. D. Birla, one of Gandhi's big financial backers. (As someone once said, 'it costs a great deal of money to keep Gandhiji living in poverty'.)

Christians as a segment of the general population are ten times more likely to contribute money and resources to the aid of another individual than a non-Christian

Do-gooding is like treating hemophilia—the real cure is to let hemophiliacs bleed to death . . . before they breed more hemophiliacs.

Remember, conservative means withholding and liberal means generosity. It's pretty self-explanatory.

I hoped he was right. I'd never heard of a university refusing money.

That is all that makes life worth our while—to do good deeds and to help those less fortunate than ourselves.

No religion is higher than humanity

So long as even a single dog in my country is without food, my whole religion will be to feed it.

The religion of tomorrow will be less concerned with the dogmas of theology and more concerned with the social welfare of humanity.

Doing good to others is the # one great Universal Religion