Quotes About Philanthropy

Each of his children had been matched to a black scholarship student whose education was paid for by the family

As a philanthropist, Rockefeller chose to cultivate a wise detachment from his creations and told Harper that he saw himself as a silent partner in the operation

Like many donors, Rockefeller wished to give freely, but Harper was constantly trying to speed up the process.

I only know that a wise man once said three hundred years ago that money is like muck; it doesn't do any good unless you spread it around.

I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is hard to imagine, is best not passed on to one's children. It's not constructive for them.

When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society.

Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live. But, how much can we contribute to others in our society ?

I have been very fortunate to be successful in business, and I believe that it is right that people who have this type of wealth should give something back into society.

Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined.

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

We need to change society's ordering principle from economic to humanitarian values, from money as the bottom line to love as the bottom line.

It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can pay everyone who works for you.

There's not as much big money on the left, but you've got George Soros, who has the Open Society Institute. He's pushing liberal policies.

It does not matter how much we donate it matters whether the donation is meaningful. How to define meaningful? Let society and history judge.

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.

The question of bread for myself is a material question; but the question of bread for my neighbour, for everybody, is a spiritual and a religious question.

There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.

When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then.

The Buddha said that no true spiritual life is possible without a generous heart. . . . Generosity allies itself with an inner feeling of abundance - the feeling that we have enough to share.

For the poor, the economic is spiritual.

Now the Kids Classic is one of the major fund-raisers for Children's Hospital. Since we started seven years ago, we've raised more than $1 million for the hospital.

That is why our arts and sciences cannot improve the world, despite what liberal philanthropists say. Our vast new scientific skills are first used by the damnably greedy selfish impatient parts of our nature and nation, the careful kindly social part always comes second.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive