Top 323 Philanthropy Quotes & Sayings - Page 2
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Last updated on November 26, 2024.
To have people from every continent who are working on philanthropy, on social entrepreneurship, gives me a unique opportunity to engage.
Legal plunder has two roots: One, as we have just seen, is in human selfishness; the other is in false philanthropy.
In business, we say that people overestimate what you can do in a year and underestimate what you can do in a decade. This is true in philanthropy as well.
In everything I do, whether in business, philanthropy or my personal life, I am guided by my inner truth, my values.
The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
I'm driven by my passion - my family, my philanthropy, and the New England Patriots winning. That's my life.
Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.
My philanthropy is largely focused on healthcare, and I really want to make a difference to people's lives.
I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.
One of the great conundrums in philanthropy globally is that the way wealth creation happens itself often creates the inequities in society.
Money is only unused power. The real purpose of wealth, after food, clothing and shelter, is philanthropy.
Philanthropy can be integrated into business. I believe strongly that companies can be incredible agents of good in the world.
I think philanthropy is so much more in keeping with spirit of shouting someone out than a material reward.
I think those who are already in philanthropy and enjoying it and making a difference have a responsibility to share their stories widely, and to be very transparent about their giving.
All philanthropy — no age has seen more of it than our own — is only a savoury fumigation burning at the mouth of a sewer.
... still his philanthropy was of that gunpowderous sort that the difference between it and animosity was hard to determine.
Philanthropy is all about sharing. If there's an opportunity to collaborate, we will. Collaborating just for finance is pointless. It has to be like a business collaboration.
With few exceptions, the leading women in philanthropy, notably Melinda Gates, are the wives or daughters of rich and powerful men.
Philanthropy, although it's tiny compared to the government, it's 2% of the US economy, which is the largest percentage, other than the Middle East.
I very much believe in teaching young people about philanthropy, and to give back.
At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.
The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.
One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mattered to you.
I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.
Producing is a little bit in my blood. Philanthropy also is a very important for me.
Every single national park had some component of private philanthropy.
Anybody doing philanthropy has to find something that appeals to them from their own personal background or from intellectual curiosity.
Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.
I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live.
The culture of philanthropy is alive and very well in Africa. International aid strengthens and extends it, but in the communities where I have spent time, it is all-pervasive.
All the family money is for philanthropy, except for living expenses for my mother. She is 94 and isn't a big spender.
Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
I feel that India lacks a level of philanthropy that is proportional to the wealth that is here, particularly among the top 5,000 industrialists and entrepreneurs.
Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly so.
The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
When I was graduating from college, the things I valued most were family, faith, and philanthropy. I refer to them as the three f's, phonetically speaking.
If philanthropy is not voluntary, it destroys liberty and justice. The law can give nothing that has not first been taken from its owner.
Madam Walker's legacy lives in her philanthropy as well as in an amazing line of hair care products.
The law has been perverted through the influence of two very different causes-naked greed and misconceived philanthropy.
My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.
There's a dark underside to philanthropy. People who give a bunch of money are deferred to, even when they are wrong. The emperor cannot be shown to have no clothes.
Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
The best rule for philanthropy is to give until it hurts, as much as you can, because none of us can get through life all by ourselves.
In my experience, the more successful an idea is, the easier it is to fund it. In philanthropy, it's almost harder.
My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.
Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.
Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.
I firmly believe that philanthropy is most effective and outcome-oriented when you ensure that your pledge actually gets spent.
We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others.
Parsee culture is definitely one of strong business acumen, high ethics, and an element of philanthropy.
Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined.
Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.
Our aim is to set some kind of benchmark and standards for transparency and governance in private philanthropy.
When you are the head of any philanthropy organization, what you learn is empathy, how to listen and be responsive to people's needs.
The responsibility of philanthropy rests with us. The wealthier we are, the more powerful we get. We cannot put the entire onus on the government.
Philanthropy is the principal social institution that provides instruction in voluntary service.
I never knew a trader in philanthropy who was not wrong in his head or heart somewhere or other.
True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities.
Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely... call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of an American tradition.
When I started teaching at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000, no field-based courses in strategic philanthropy existed.
