Philanthropy Quotes - Page 2

Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.

Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.

Don't just put it off and think about it!

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

Politics is social work with power.

I love my fellow creatures - I do all the good I can - yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!

Philanthropy requires thought, action, and passion.

Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.

Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.

I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.

Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.

Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.

Don't just think, do.

Much is expected from those to whom much is given.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

Without a love of humankind there is no love of God.

I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'

I am lord of myself, accountable to none.

Women's philanthropic leadership is fundamental to their advancement in society.

My philanthropy is no relation to anybody else's. None. My philanthropy and what we do at the foundation speaks for itself and has no relation to anyone's.

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.

By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them, as if their reason had left them.

Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.