Quotes About Philanthropy

With my charity Big Dreams For Kids, I believe the more you give, the more you receive.

Measure yourself and your success by what you give to others, not what you receive in return.

Give and ye shall receive.

Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.

I'd say we need a balance between commercialism and the humanitarian aspects of life. And we need to start by being grateful for what we have received in our lives.

I always want to be a person who challenges herself to be a better person and spends her time giving rather than receiving.

Trump started his foundation in 1987 to give away the proceeds from his book 'The Art of the Deal.' It has no paid employees and a board of five: Trump, three of his children, and a longtime Trump Organization employee. They all work a half-hour per week, according to the foundation's most recent Internal Revenue Service filing.

Donorschoose.org is the one place where somebody with $10 gets the same level of impact and feedback from the recipients that Bill Gates gets when he's making a million-dollar gift.

When I made my final reckoning with the decision not to have kids, I also decided that I would use at least some of my extra time to better the lives of kids who are already here.

With the many blessings I've received through football, my wife, Ashli, and I started the Mike Evans Family Foundation to be a blessing to others. We don't do it for the recognition. It just makes us feel good to give back.

Russell Westbrook, giving $1 million to UCLA, it's noble. It's recognizable. It's something that's going to create a legacy for his name for years to come. It's philanthropic work.

So many rich people, when they get into philanthropy, they have one thing they like, or several things they focus on. They pick a disease or a college or some kind of non-profit. They produce good results through that cause, but also they get recognized; there's some sort of monument to what they did.

My father was the first entrepreneur in the family. He started his own record label, his own restaurant. He knew that, in order to give something back to the people, he had to create.

I own about 300 pairs of shoes. When I start to go over 300, I have mini-sales from my closet and give the money to charity. It's my way of recycling; I feel like I can give back to the universe.

I've never been a red carpet hugger unless it is for charity.

'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.

Can we really believe that we are living a good life, an ethically decent life if we don't do anything serious to help reduce poverty around the world and help save the lives of children or adults who are likely to die if we don't increase the amount of aid we are giving.

Most of us working on poverty alleviation simply want to know, 'How much poverty can I reduce for every dollar I donate?'

Personal philanthropy must be separated from corporate philanthropy. Personal philanthropy is more about giving back to society, or giving forward, as it is now referred to.

I'm a believer that the more I'm giving, the happier I am, and the more beautiful my exterior will be.

I find donating stuff to be the biggest hassle.

Over the years, we have gone beyond our businesses to take up philanthropic projects in diverse areas - from education to health care to skilling.

Bangladesh is not a rich country, but we have a big heart.

You need to have a heart to help others and separate yourself from your money.