Quotes on Philanthropic

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

Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to help out, we'd want to get involved.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance.

Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of the democracy; measures therefore should be taken which will give them lasting prosperity; and as this is equally the interest of all classes, the proceeds of the public revenues should be accumulated and distributed among its poor, if possible, in such quantities as may enable them to purchase a little farm, or, at any rate, make a beginning in trade or husbandry.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.

We are, after all, only trustees of the wealth we possess. Without the community and its resources... there would be little wealth for anyone.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.

We started our foundation because we believe we have a real opportunity to help advance equity around the world, to help make sure that, no matter where a person is born, he or she has the chance to live a healthy, productive life.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gifts...Thus a heavy task is laid upon Gift-love. It must work toward its own abdication. We must aim at making ourselves superfluous. The hour when we can say 'They need me no longer' should be our reward. But the instinct, simply in its own nature, has no power to fulfill this law.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.