Quotes About Philanthropy

My grandfather Prescott passed down the idea that you would only run for office after you had built a financial base - then it was time to give back and go into public service.

As a Puerto Rican, I'm always going be grateful to Jose Andres.

Giving back - that's the purest joy you can possibly have.

I would like my celebrity to serve charity purposes, and to help people less well off.

If anyone has an MiLB franchise they're looking to gift for tax purposes, I'll take it! Not picky.

Many entrepreneurs embrace profit-making and charitable purposes. Companies such as shoes seller Toms and eyeglass firm Warby Parker sell products at a profit with a pledge to devote part of their earnings to the needy. The number of for-profit businesses with a built-in charitable dimension has proliferated.

I have pursued my dream and I believe it is important to give back because I have been given the opportunity to be what I am now.

The culture of caring and giving permeates many Indian families. In their own way, they are engaged in philanthropic pursuits.

I am extremely flattered to be chosen the 2012 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year from such an esteemed group of nominees.

We're asking those who have done well to do a little more for the people who need it.

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.

If you've been fortunate enough to have some success in business, I think it's important to put something back.

More effective than giving away half my fortune before I die is finding a way to help people have a good-paying job.

Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough.

The 'Maddox Jolie-Pitt' Foundation's work is inspired by our children and their connections to particular countries.

I was on the board of Andre Agassi's foundation, and seeing the way it operated blew my mind. In 2002, I told my wife, I want to start a foundation to give back, I want it to be for kids in hard circumstances, and I want it to be culinary-driven, because that's who I am.

The expectation with family foundations is that if your name is on the foundation, unless you're dead, it's your money that's being given away. And even if you are dead, it was your money before.

I founded DonorsChoose.org because I care about learning, and I believe every student in our country deserves a great education.

As nice as it is to make an appearance at an event, I don't find that the most fulfilling way to support an organization.

I'm fully confident that I will win the jackpot - so much so that I've already made a list of all the charities I will contribute to.

There are not enough philanthropic dollars in America to fund what is currently the need in education.

But charity begins surely with the char!

Legal plunder has two roots: One of them, as I have said before, is in human greed; the other is in false philanthropy.

send some of their shillings to buy things.