Quotes About Philanthropy

TRUE GENEROSITY is greatness of soul. It incites us to do more by a fellow-creature than can be strictly required of us. It obliges us to hasten to the relief of an object that wants relief; anticipating even such a one's hope or expectation.

I assume some or even most successful people started out selfishly, but success changes you. It's not a coincidence that Brad Pitt is helping to build homes after the Hurricane Katrina disaster or that Bill Gates is one of the most important philanthropists of all time. Success does that. The

Don't underrate ordinary human decency," Josh said quietly. "There's more of heaven in a guy who hands a cold soda to a hot, tired panhandler than there is in fifty moral philosophers.

The proper use, then, of all the good gifts we have received is the free and generous sharing of those gifts with others.

The proper use, then, of all the good gifts we have received is the free and generous sharing of those gifts with others. No

The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities—a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God…. I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.

I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I'd do for the rest of my life

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.

Giving is not a strategy. It's a way of life.

Generosity isn't an act. It's a way of life.

In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.

You get most things in life not by taking, but by giving.

Life itself is selfless giving. We're not given this life just for own amusement and pleasures.

Maybe getting more isn't the answer to life. Maybe it's giving.

In my own life, I do not live like an effective altruist. An effective altruist would really disapprove of my life. I don't give enough to charity and I still have both my kidneys.

People can make symbolic gestures but doesn't mean their life changes. One philanthropic moment doesn't make a life of renewal; of change.

The value of a life is determined by what we give away.

My parents taught my sister and me the importance of giving back and making a difference in another person's life.

Truly a legend in our time, John Templeton understands that the real measure of a person's success in life is not financial accomplishment but moral integrity and inner character.

I think it's important to be involved with charities that don't necessarily reflect what you're dealing with in your life.

There was an Old Man of the East, Who gave

Look, you've got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of supporting the causes that they care about or changing the world. And these people are not going to do it the way our parents do it.