Quotes About Philanthropy

To me, ending up an exhibit in the Mütter Museum or a skeleton in a medical school classroom is like donating money for a park bench after you're gone: a nice thing to do, a little hit of immortality.

There is but one solution to the intricate riddle of life; to improve ourselves, and contribute to the happiness of others.

It is a strange fact, but incontestable, that the philanthropist, who ardent in his desire to do good, who patient, reasonable and gentle, yet disdains to use other argument than truth, has less influence over men's minds than he who, grasping and selfish, refuses not to adopt any means, nor awaken any passion, nor diffuse any falsehood, for the advancement of his cause.

Those of libertarian bent often prove more generous than those of a socialist persuasion: where the socialist feels that it is government's job to look after the poor using taxes, libertarians think it is their duty.

The Planned Parenthood Foundation was founded in 1916 by Margaret Sanger, who thought philanthropy would 'perpetuate constantly increasing numbers of defectives, delinquents, and dependents'. The organisation's international arm was headquartered in the offices of the British Eugenics Society as late as 1952.

The Planned Parenthood Foundation was founded in 1916 by Margaret Sanger, who thought philanthropy would 'perpetuate constantly increasing numbers of defectives, delinquents, and dependents'.

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We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I do not know.

Gary has made the classic mistake of equating precise cheekbones, perfect breasts, and a vague association with philanthropy as the signs of a good woman.

Compassion for animals doesn't drain away some finite reserve of moral energy and idealism, to the detriment of human welfare, but surely adds to the supply.

Your own conscience, conveniently personified in the body of another person and attending to your concern for the less fortunate of this world, thus leaving you free not to attend to it.

La libertad que buscas es libertad del hecho de que si tu riqueza la hiciste robando, eres un ladrón, no importa cuánto dones a la caridad o cuántas plegarias recites;

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

Believe in something larger than yourself.

I vow I shall give all my very best books to the underprivileged, once I have read them

Greed in a good cause is still greed.

For Melinda and for me, the challenge is the same: how can we do the most good for the greatest number with the resources we have

For Melinda and for me, the challenge is the same: how can we do the most good for the greatest number with the resources we have" (Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind).

The non-profit industry itself, "the most dysfunctional $300 billion industry in the world," as he saw it. Mullaney had come to believe that too many philanthropists engage in what Peter Buffett, a son of the über-billionaire Warren Buffett, calls "conscience laundering"—doing charity to make themselves feel better rather than fighting to figure out the best ways to alleviate suffering.

most radical accomplishment of once-and-done is that it changed the frame of the relationship between the charity and the donor.

pesar de lo egoísta que un hombre pueda suponerse —escribió Smith—, evidentemente existen algunos principios en su naturaleza que lo llevan a interesarse por la suerte de los demás y a convertir la necesidad de éstos en necesaria para sí mismo, aunque no le proporcione nada, salvo el placer de contemplarlo.»

How selfish soever man may be supposed," Smith wrote, "there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.

How selfish soever man may be supposed," Smith wrote, "there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it." There

Philanthropy is the market for love. It is the market for all those people for whom there is no other market coming.