Quotes About Philanthropy

Political job is not a business job but it is a job of the people who have generous heart who want to help others with their views.

Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a Frank Gehry building. I want to enjoy my philanthropy.

What kind of Yoga do you want to practice, the Yoga of getting or the Yoga of giving?... One enslaves, the other liberates.

You give the money where you want it.

People want to give back. People want to do good

My mom raised me with the idea of doing public service, and I definitely want to go in that direction. But I also want to follow in my dad's entrepreneurial footsteps.

The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it.

I'm not really interested in making money.

Nonprofits are the intermediaries between generosity and social change.

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.

I think CSR, corporate social responsibility, is something that is becoming front and center.

I don't care as much about politics as about social service.

I am able to do social service only because of the name I gained from acting.

I don't want to associate my social work with Infosys, money, etc.

I don't usually talk about the social work I do because I don't do it for publicity. If I can bring a smile to the face of a few children in this one lifetime, I'd be happy.

I guess I'm a socialist at heart.

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

If I can't give back to the society, then this isn't a good life I am leading.

Every philanthropist has a soft corner for one issue. For me it is health, because my father was a doctor.

We've built a company that distributes a pair of eyeglasses to someone in need for every pair sold; that purchases carbon offsets; and that hosts mentoring programs at the office.

I'm not a fan of giving to charities. I have a few I support, but the overhead and inefficiencies really bother me. Instead, I pay people's bills and help solve problems.

Philanthropists can learn important lessons from business entrepreneurs. They both spend their time solving problems. And to be successful, they both must overcome physical challenges and create self-sustaining operations. And ultimately, they must allow people to take action for their own benefit.

I founded 'Point Hope' so that I could accomplish some things I wanted to do for children who had no one to advocate for them, children who had no voice. Since I have been blessed with a voice on the radio each night, I thought I would use my celebrity position and my financial resources to help these kids.

I just know that after I help somebody and I see it made a difference, I feel good. I understand that a lot of people aren't as fortunate as others. It's just instinctual for me. I don't know who I picked it up from, but I love to do it a lot.