Quotes about Philanthropy
Humanity is the equity of the heart.
- Confucius
I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.
- Albert Schweitzer
All you have shall some day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.
- Khalil Gibran
A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.
- Jesse Jackson
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
- Andrew Carnegie
Generosity is the best investment.
- Diane von Furstenberg
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
- John Adams
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
- George Washington
Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything.
- Walt Whitman
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
- Albert Camus
The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
- Albert Einstein
The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.
- Albert Schweitzer