Quotes About Philanthropy

Goodness seeks nothing except to give itself and to communicate the riches which it enjoys.

To help others to develop and succeed in life is a reward itself and only has value when nothing is expected in return.

The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.

If you could see or feel the suffering you wouldn't think twice. Give back life. Don't eat meat.

All you can take with you is that which you've given away.

The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.

Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

Show charity and goodwill to others and it will return to enhance your own life in many wonderful ways.

The more you give, the more you can give.

The only safe investment one can make in life is what is given away.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

I just want to make sure that public service doesn't have to be an occupation, but it needs to be a way of life.

The real issue in life is not how many blessings we have, but what we do with our blessings. Some people have many blessings and hoard them. Some have few and give everything away.

I feel that the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life is to be associated with UNICEF.

There are two noble things in life: one to do charity and other to look after your body.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

he did not believe in philanthropy, thinking that the ultimate purpose of life was to develop character; that the more a person came to depend on outside assistance, the more his character was weakened.

The real danger is that the good guys will blindly keep doing bad things that they don't see as bad. It's why people who would give the shirt off their back to help the poor and the hungry will then march against genetically modified food, even if such food products could save millions of children from blindness or starvation

the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique opportunities arise.

The business of business should not just be about money, it should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed.

A lot of people making a lot of money, billion, billions of dollars accumulating. Why are they coming for, finally, for philanthropy? Why the need for accumulating money, then doing philanthropy? What if one decided to start philanthropy from the day one?

Anything to do with children, sign me up! I work a lot with St. Jude's Children's Hospital, which is an incredible hospital in Memphis that treats children with cancer for no charge whatsoever, including the families' lodging and all of their bills.

Every year, I have a tournament in Czech Republic, so there are a lot of things I'm trying to do. Sometimes the money goes towards children; sometimes it's for wheelchair tennis players. I try to change it so everybody gets something.