Quotes about Philanthropy
Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.
— Mother Teresa
God does not need to receive, but humans need to give. Why A Students Work for C Students
— Robert Kiyosaki
Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.
— Og Mandino
The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.
— Andy Stanley
The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.
— Wayne Dyer
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
— Tertullian
The more you give, the more you can give.
— Roy Bennett
You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.
— Samuel Johnson
As it is more blessed to give than receive, so it must be more blessed to receive than to give back.
— Robert Frost
I've heard that the best way to help poor people is to make sure you don't become one of them
— Robin Sharma
The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"
— Marianne Williamson