Quotes about Philanthropy

The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.

We are not here to enjoy the things on earth, but to pass them around. The people who do it are the happiest people you know!

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

It's not what you get, but what you give that is God's true measure of a life.

The Tao teaches us to let go of things. Use the 80/20 rule. If you take all your clothes, you'll find out that you only wear 20 percent of them. Take what you have and don't use and circulate it. Give stuff to people who truly need it. After all, we come into this world with nothing; we leave this world with nothing.

There are rich people everywhere, and yet they don't contribute to the growth of their countries.

You can't take care of charity unless you take care of yourself first.

Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable.

I give to panhandlers on occasion, especially around the holidays, but have always been involved with charity, which was an important part of the way I was brought up. My siblings and I knew early on in life that we were incredibly fortunate and have never taken that for granted, so we recognize the importance of giving back.

For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics.

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.