Philanthropy Quotes

“They may think they did it all by themselves, but the society has done an awful lot for them. So you ought to have a taxation system, but also a personal value system where a lot of that goes back to the people who got the short straws in life.”
Warren Buffett

I’ve always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.
Michael Bloomberg

The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations.
Michael Bloomberg

 

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
Andrew Carnegie

What the poor need is not charity but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers.  And what the rich need is a wise, honorable and just way of divesting themselves of their overabundance.
Millard and Linda Fuller

I’ve always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it’s important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.
Carlos Slim Helú

The proper aim of giving is to put the recipients in a state where they no longer need our gifts.
C. S. Lewis