Quotes about Philanthropy

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus' gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace.

James Russell Lowell wrote: It's not what we give but what we share, For the gift without the giver is bare. Who gives of himself of his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.

The age looks steadily to the redressing of wrong, to the righting of every form of error and injustice; and a tireless and prying philanthropy, which is almost omniscient, is one of the most hopeful characteristics of the time.

May the time come when rich men and great men would think it an honor to support whole stations of missionaries in Africa, instead of spending their money on hounds and horses.

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

Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people don't do things for the money, they simply have money, and that's what allows them to be noble. They don't really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.

The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,

As long as there is poverty in this world, no man can be totally rich even if he has a billion dollars.

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.