Quotes on Philanthropy Giving

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

The value of a man resides in what he gives

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.

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.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

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

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

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

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.

My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.

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

The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations.