Quotes About Philanthropy

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Charity is certainly greater than any rule.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury--you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.

Some of the greatest social reformers of our time were wealthy.

Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on it; it's just there as a gift for the rest of time.

If every American donated five hours a week, it would equal the labor of twenty million full-time volunteers.

The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.

I will take a pie in the face any time for a worthy cause.

Say that our lives are measured not by gain but by giving.

Our lives are measured not by gain but by giving.

Say that our lives are measured not by gain but by giving." The half-elf started to reply, but the Forestmaster interrupted.

Resultó desconcertante para muchos lectores de La riqueza de las naciones descubrir que no es el altruismo ni la caridad, sino más bien el egoísmo, el motor del progreso:

Each of them has come to realize that true meaning in life comes from giving.

No one would have remembered the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well. —MARGARET THATCHER

Corny as it may sound, the secret to living is giving.

Sir John Templeton, not only the world's greatest investor but also one of the greatest human beings, shared something with me almost 30 years ago: he said that he's never known anyone who tithed—meaning the person gave 8% or 10% of what he earned to religious or charitable organizations over a ten-year period—who didn't massively grow his financial wealth.

THE SECRET TO LIVING IS GIVING.

No matter how well they've done or how well they've continued to do, they never lose their hunger—the force that unleashes human genius. Most people would think, "If I had all this money, I would just stop. Why keep working?" Because each believes, somewhere in his or her soul, that "to whom much is given, much is expected." Their labor is their love.

The Mob" thought that a good deal should be overlooked in a Melmotte, and that the philanthropy of his great designs should be allowed to cover a multitude of sins. I do not know that the theory was ever so plainly put forward as it was done by the ingenious and courageous writer in "The Mob"; but in practice it has commanded the assent of many intelligent minds.

CHAPTER XVI MR. GOTOBED'S PHILANTHROPY