Quotes About Philanthropy

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

The God I believe in isn't short on cash, mister.

I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

persons who posses sense enough to earn money have sense enough to know how to give it away

rich people are coming to regard men and women who apply to them for help for worthy objects, not as beggars, but as agents for doing their work.

My experience in getting money for Tuskegee has taught me to have no patience with those people who are always condemning the rich because they are rich, and because they do not give more to objects of charity.

Then very few persons have any idea of the large number of applications for help that rich people are constantly being flooded with.

I have often heard persons condemned for not giving away money, who, to my own knowledge, were giving away thousands of dollars every year so quietly that the world knew nothing about it.

In a large degree it has been the pennies, the nickels, and the dimes which have come from the Sunday-schools, the Christian Endeavour societies, and the missionary societies, as well as from the church proper, that have helped to elevate the Negro at so rapid a rate.

think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. This lesson I have tried to carry with me ever since.

There is no right or wrong way of giving. People in Los Angeles have made major contributions in different ways to the city: Eli Broad to art. David Geffen to hospitals. I'm not judgmental.

I want to give back to my community, little things I think they need. I went there to open a borehole and a public lavatory and give them a book about myself that we wrote with 'Right to Play.'

A lot of people know about the power of the WWE brand. We're in 145 countries in 30 different languages. We reach about 650 million households worldwide on a global weekly basis. But what they don't know about WWE is that we use all of that power to give back to the community through events like Hurricane Sandy Relief.

I love to crochet. I have my own line of yarn and donate half my proceeds to St. Jude Children's Hospital.

I used to get taxed on my allowance. Yeah, I've been taxed since I was a little kid. And at the end of the year I had to pick a charity to donate my taxes to.

I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it.

As a philanthropist, I give away a lot of money every year. Yet I thought there was a higher leverage to come in and create movies and TV shows that were actually able to do some good in the world.

'Giving 2.0' frames giving as a learning experience and encourages everyone to make giving a part of your year-round life.

Most people yearn to contribute, make the world a better place and have success.... all at the same time... Make sure to give your business a background, a mission and a story. That might be the most important step part of any venture. And remember, giving may be the best investment you ever make.

It's just not our style to put our names on the philanthropy we've done. It's not in the Jewish tradition of tzedakah.

Traditional charity is still fairly focused on how it makes donors feel as opposed to outcomes for people that need help.

As our parents planted for us, so will we plant for our children. When Charlie and I began our philanthropic journey, we wanted to focus our resources on planting seeds that would help perpetuate Jewish values and traditions for future generations and also contribute to repairing our world.

No nation helps more people around the globe. Our deep generosity is given so freely that it is simply expected, by others and by ourselves. From Ethiopia to Haiti to Japan where there is tragedy, famine or disaster, we lead the way with private and public help.