Top 39 Quotes About Philanthropy Giving
#1. Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely ... call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of an American tradition.
John F. Kennedy
#2. The word 'philanthropy' brings up an image of somebody who's had an illustrious career, has retired and is giving to highly established institutions that may or may not have ivy growing up their walls. I personally have felt the need to give philanthropy a reboot
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
#3. Sometimes give your services for nothing.
Hippocrates
#4. The best philanthropy is not just about giving money but giving leadership. The best philanthropists bring the gifts that made them successful-the drive, the determination, the refusal to accept that something can't be done if it needs to be into their philanthropy.
Tony Blair
#5. I really hope that the philanthropy movement is seen not just as wealthy people giving money away but wealthy people giving away their time, their energy and their ideas.
David Rubenstein
#6. To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
[To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]
George Herbert
#7. By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
Homer
#8. Being innovative in your philanthropy allows you to stride forward in your giving journey; you can marry your mind and heart to turn charity into lasting impact; and you can become more ambitious in your giving.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
#9. We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#11. Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined.
James Cook
#12. Today, philanthropy is a very unsophisticated, old world process where people who make a shitload of money go and give it away and when they're making their money, they're focused on 10x, 100x returns on the dollar.
Peter Diamandis
#13. Healthy foods are great, but it's important to keep your body active. Your muscles only get stronger and build more endurance for everyday things if you're moving and get the blood pumping. Exercising stimulates certain brain chemicals and can put you in a better mood!
Jenna Ushkowitz
#14. The Law was never given to gentiles but to Jews only, so why do so many gentiles struggle today with mixing law and grace?
John Paul Warren
#15. Philanthropy is lost. The human spirit is suppressed. Most people want a legacy; they want to give something back, a library, a hospital wing, a donation to their church. This is a form of socialism that must go.
Lindsey Graham
#17. By making all my materials freely available through 'Giving 2.0' ProjectU, I am on a mission to extend philanthropy education to colleges globally and far beyond campus walls.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
#18. Both my book Giving Back and The Soul of Philanthropy exhibit are borne of the idea that philanthropy is deeper than your pockets. In fact, the most potent philanthropy is derived from what's within your hands, your heart, your head and your soul.
Valaida Fullwood
#20. Chaos claims the unwary or the incomplete. A true man may flinch away its embrace, if he is stalwart, and he girds his soul with the armour of contempt.
Dan Abnett
#21. Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives - not profits - are at stake.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
#22. After being in the studio, I realized this is how I want to be. It just feels right.
Aurora Aksnes
#23. While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars.
Michael Crapo
#24. The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
Calvin Coolidge
#25. Any last words of advice?" Peeta asks. "Stay alive," Haymitch says gruffly. That's
Suzanne Collins
#26. We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite.
Woodrow Wilson
#27. When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.
Dolly Parton
#28. So while the book Giving Back serves as a moving tribute, "The Soul of Philanthropy" exhibit and its programs are meant to compel us toward a triumphant movement of conscious giving for social change.
Valaida Fullwood
#29. I think the tradition of philanthropy is far better developed in the U.S. than in India, as is the whole notion of giving away 50% of your wealth while you are still living and not waiting till you're gone.
Romesh Wadhwani
#30. Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and unfortunately, extremely pervasive.
Naveen Jain
#31. What part did she give you?" Zoe asked her mother.
"Mary, the mother of God."
"Talk about miscasting," Nelia said.
Pamela Todd
#32. There was already a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another.
Robert Sternberg
#33. To have people from every continent who are working on philanthropy, on social entrepreneurship, gives me a unique opportunity to engage.
Darren Walker
#34. On his Giving Pledge philanthropy: The way I got the message out was to get a copy of FORBES, look down that 400 list and start making phone calls! Bill and Melinda [Gates] did the same thing. So keep publishing
the list so I can milk it.
Warren Buffett
#35. There were very few real folk singers you know, though I liked Dominic Behan a bit and there was some good stuff to be heard in Liverpool. Just occasionally you hear very old records on the radio or TV of real workers in Ireland or somewhere singing these songs and the power of them is fantastic.
John Lennon
#36. Much is expected from those to whom much is given.
C.S. Lewis
#37. Plants grow most in the darkest hours preceding dawn; so do human souls. Nature always pays for a brave fight. Sometimes she pays in strengthened moral muscle, sometimes in deepened spiritual insight, sometimes in a broadening, mellowing, sweetening of the fibres of character, - but she always pays.
William George Jordan
#38. This was the invention of modern American philanthropy as we know it. The idea of systematizing giving to achieve human progress was the true innovation of John D. Rockefeller, and ultimately the Rockefeller Foundation's legacy.
Judith Rodin
