Quotes About Philanthropy

I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all.

It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars of government and philanthropy. We need the entire private sector to begin committing itself not just to making profits, but to fulfilling higher and larger purposes by contributing to building a better world.

You hear about players like Jamal Crawford who's constantly giving back. Isaiah Thomas, even though he's from Tacoma, he went to U-Dub, and he's constantly giving back to the community.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others.

Everything I've ever thought about doing has been, in some sense, about helping people.

Give back in some way. Always be thoughtful of others.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!

COMMUNISM When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food they call me a communist. Helder Camara

As in other social matters, members of the Coors family amplify their views with money and organizational involvement.

When you do good by the world, the world will do good by you

I've learned long ago that a generous person who is wise will never lack for anything.

A man should never be measured by his money, his power, or his fame; but rather how he uses that money, power, or fame, to change the world.

The essence of love is to give continually, without expecting anything in return.

If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many. Anyone, even a postman knocking on our door would get a glass of water and some sweets.

When everybody was talking about going to heaven, Gautama the Buddha said, "You say everything is fine in heaven, so what will I do there? Let me go to hell and do something to help others, because anyway I cannot suffer.

Companies, and the people who lead them, can no longer afford to separate business objectives from the social issues surrounding them. They can no longer view their mission as a set of binary choices: growing vs. giving back, making a profit vs. promoting the public good, or innovating vs. making the world a better place.

Doing well by doing good is no longer just a competitive advantage. It's becoming a business imperative.

It's when you give something that you have very little of, that you truly give.

We were made, Marcus tells us over and over, not for ourselves but for others, and our nature is fundamentally unselfish.

73. When you have done a good act and another has received it, why do you look for a third thing besides these, as fools do, either to have the reputation of having done a good act or to obtain a return?

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

There is no doubt that a person who is called generous and open-handed has duty in mind, not gain. So likewise justice looks for no prize and no price; it is sought for itself, and is at once the cause and meaning of all the virtues.

Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money, and that's what allows them to be noble. They don't really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.