Quotes About Philanthropy

First and foremost it's important that we're able to put something back in the game, which we have always done. We're doing this to help needy charities along with the police forces in different towns and cities.

I believe that all people that are successful should pay back their cities, their states, their towns, our country.

Driving the No. 26 Sandy Hook School Support Fund Toyota is like nothing I have ever been part of in my NASCAR career.

My husband and I are big givers to charity, and we are teaching our son Barron all about giving his old toys away to children who might not have any.

I think I have a good track record, both in commercial investing and in philanthropic investing. I don't have any interest in creating a named foundation; I have an interest in really good impact for capital. I think I'm pretty good at doing it, so I'm going to apply myself to doing it in my lifetime.

It's always exciting to get together with fellow artists to support a good cause.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!

Maybe instead of buying myself another Barbie, I could donate that to the Kmart Wishing Tree.

A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen.

It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.

I have a long-lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

you look at the life histories of most successful people or organisations, who have 1) Succeeded, 2) sustained success and 3) maintained goodwill, they have all lived by this one principle: "I shall always give more than I get, to my family, organisation and my society.

The United States is at a critical juncture in time. Our government is riddled with historic debt, and the limited resources of philanthropic and non-profit efforts cannot meet the scale of social challenges we face with necessary force.

The private sector must play a role in ensuring the prosperity and health of the people who comprise its market. It is time for the private sector to become a proactive partner contributing to the efforts of governments and philanthropies.

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.

A world in which government is burdened by historic debt, philanthropy has limited resources, and the private sector is only interested in its own personal gain is simply unsustainable.

That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.

Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous.

But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

It is difficult to love mankind unless one has a reasonable private income, and when one has a reasonable private income one has better things to do than loving mankind.