Quotes on Philanthropy

Self sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life.

Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.

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

If you give money, spend yourself with it.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

Unless we have courage to recognize cruelty for what it is - whether its victim is human or animal - we cannot expect things to be much better in the world.

We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.

That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.

Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-caluculated less or more.

The Americans make associations to give entertainment, to found seminaries, to build inns, to construct churches, to diffuse books, to send missionaries to the antipodes; in this manner, they found hospitals, prisons and schools.

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've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.

The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.

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.

He who has conferred a benefit on anyone from motives of love or honor will feel pain, if he sees that the benefit is received without gratitude.

While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage - the courage not only to survive, but to persevere and rebuild their shattered lives.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.