Philanthropic Quotes - Page 3

• Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Charity, Appreciated

  Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.121

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• I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Twitter post from Mar 03, 2017

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• I'm not doing my philanthropic work out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.

  George Soros

  Work, Believe, Guilt

  "Now" with David Brancaccio, www.pbs.org. September 12, 2003.

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wise

  Andrew Carnegie (2014). “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and His Essay: The Gospel of Wealth”, p.186, Courier Corporation

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• Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Norman MacEwen

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

  John Wesley

  Life, Motivational, Christmas

  'Rule of Conduct' in 'Letters' (1915)

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• You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.34, Lulu.com

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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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• 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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• Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Positive, Powerful

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Feb 06, 2015

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• As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

  Victor Hugo

  Inspiring, Heart, Charity

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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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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• We cannot preserve philanthropic and charitable values if we detach them completely from our fundamental personal beliefs and convictions.

  Robert L. Payton

  Fundamentals, Belief, Philanthropy

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• The difference between charity and philanthropy is the distance of the soul... To be philanthropic is to give something, to be charitable is to give one's own heart.

  Maya Angelou

  Distance, Heart, Differences

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• Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

  James Russell Lowell

  Friendship, Thank You, Giving

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.122

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• To make the peaks higher.
  [His reason to target philanthropic funding to only the best university science departments.]

  Wickliffe Rose

  Target, Reason, Funding

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• Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Thinking, Giving, Charity

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• The philanthropic tradition is older than democracy, older than Christianity, and older than higher education. It gives form and purpose to personal and social life that cannot be provided by the self-interest of economic enterprise or required by the mandate of political institutions.

  Robert L. Payton

  Self, Giving, Political

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• I was the Chair of the WIFF Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of Women In Film. The foundation runs the several programs including one that provide our film finishing fund. So we help women complete their films with a grant from Netflix. It's great to be associated with award winning films like 'Freeheld' and 'Circumstance'.

  Sharon Lawrence

  Running, Winning, Awards

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have failed a lot in my philanthropy, where I will make philanthropic contributions and they just won't be effective.

  Marc Benioff

  Philanthropy, Contribution

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• The mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be acting in a philanthropic spirit. Its purpose is to protect persons and property.... If you exceed this proper limit -- if you attempt to make the law religious, fraternal, equalizing, philanthropic, industrial, or artistic -- you will then be lost in uncharted territory, in vagueness and uncertainty, in a forced utopia or, even worse, in a multitude of utopias, each striving to seize the law and impose it on you.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Religious, Law, Acting

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• I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living - to personally devote oneself to meaningful efforts to improve the human condition. More importantly, today's needs are so great and varied that intelligent philanthropic support and positive interventions can have greater value and impact today than if they are delayed when the needs are greater.

  Chuck Feeney

  Meaningful, Intelligent, Thinking

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• Women's philanthropic leadership is fundamental to their advancement in society.

  Kaye Ballard

  Advancement, Fundamentals, Philanthropy

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• I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth got large enough and Melinda and I had talked about the view that wealth wasn't something that would be good to just pass to the children.

  Bill Gates

  Children, Thinking, Views

  Interview with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org.

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