Philanthropic Quotes - Page 2

• Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Motivational, Independent, Charity

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.

  Walter Scott

  Life, Power, Men

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• Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

  David Rockefeller

  Giving, Charitable, Corporate

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

  George Eliot

  Money, Luxury, Giving

  George Eliot (2016). “Complete Works Of George Eliot”, p.2974, ShandonPress

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• Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.

  Saul Alinsky

  Mean, Creativity, New Beginnings

  Saul Alinsky (2016). “Thirteen Tactics for Realistic Radicals: from Rules for Radicals”, p.5, Vintage

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• Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Heaven, Charity

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• When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Quoted in Joseph P. Lash, Eleanor: The Years Alone (1972)

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• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

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• Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Humility

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Helen Keller (2011). “To Live, to Think, to Hope: Inspirational Quotes by Helen Keller”, p.153, Matthew Gordon

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• Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

  George Washington Carver

  New Beginnings, Today Not Tomorrow, Words Of Wisdom

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• I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'

  Benjamin Franklin

  Karma, Charity, Philanthropy

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.2

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• The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

  Henry Ford

  Life, Money, Inspiration

  Henry Ford (2015). “My Life and Work: Top Biography”, p.130, 谷月社

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• I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them - there's only us.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Encouragement, Kindness, Fear

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• No one has ever become poor by giving.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Morning, Kindness

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• Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.

  Marvin Olasky

  Humility, Harm, Giver

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• A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

  Jack London

  Dog, Generosity, Giving

  Jack London (2015). “The Road: Classic American Literature”, p.3, 谷月社

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• If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

  Bob Hope

  Life, Happiness, Success

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• Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance.

  Richard Branson

  Life, People, Balance

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• You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

  John Bunyan

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

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• The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

  Pearl S. Buck

  Inspiring, Civilization, Society

  My Several Worlds pt. 4 (1954) See Ramsey Clark 1; Dostoyevski 1; Humphrey 3; Samuel Johnson 69; Helen Keller 4

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• No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Life, Leadership, Motivational Sports

  Calvin Coolidge (1920). “Law and Order”

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• Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

  Virginia Woolf

  Blessing, Reality, Boredom

  Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (1977). “The Diary of Virginia Woolf: 1915-1919”, Chatto & Windus

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• Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

  Albert Camus

  Life, Gratitude, Lying

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• Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

  Oscar Wilde

  People, Humanity, Philanthropy

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.45, First Avenue Editions

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