Quotes about Philanthropy
A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.
— Bill Gates
Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
— Maya Angelou
The question of bread for myself is a material question; but the question of bread for my neighbour, for everybody, is a spiritual and a religious question.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
I'm not denying their kindness," said the Rani. "But after all kindness isn't the only virtue.
— Aldous Huxley
The best things to do with the best things in life is to give them away.
— Dorothy Day
The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation.
— Myles Munroe
True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.
— Ellen White
There are people in the world who aren't necessarily Christians, but they're just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people.
— Joyce Meyer
Most people think of success in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms of giving.
— Henry Ford
The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
— Bill Gates
Swedenborg, the Christian mystic, and the sentiment of charity as divine spoke deeply to him. He felt swept up in something far bigger than himself.
— Alice Hoffman