Philanthropic Quotes - Page 6

• With a generation of younger folks who have thrived on the success of their companies, there is a big opportunity for many of us to give back earlier in our lifetime and see the impact of our philanthropic efforts.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Opportunity, Impact, Giving

  "Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg signs up for Giving Pledge" by Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2010.

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• We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.

  James A. Baldwin

  World, Charity, Philanthropy

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• Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Religious, Saint, Body

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.349, Рипол Классик

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• In the U.S., philanthropic support from entrepreneurs is tightly integrated into the fabric of society, whether it's health care, medical research, or education. Now, slowly, China will know this.

  Li Ka-shing

  Support, Entrepreneur, Care

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• It never was our guise to slight the poor, or aught humane despise.

  Homer

  Charity, Philanthropy, Poor

  Homer (1811). “The Odyssey of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope”, p.274

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• It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is - the determination to maintain the Empire of England.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Country, Determination, People

  Benjamin Disraeli's speech in the House of Lords, February 20, 1877.

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• As the owner of the Arison Group, a philanthropic and business enterprise that spans across 40 countries in 5 continents, my ongoing challenge is to bridge the gap between what I envision and its understanding and practical implementation. The Arison Group operates to realize the overall vision of Doing Good.

  Shari Arison

  Country, Bridges, Understanding

  "Women in Business Q&A: Shari Arison, Owner the Arison Group". Interview with Laura Dunn, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2014.

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• I really enjoy being able to spend my time doing different charitable and philanthropic activities.

  Jennie Garth

  Different, Able, Enjoy

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• I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me.

  Paul Newman

  Attitude, Thinking, Noble

  "Paul Newman's Road To Glory". Interview with Paul Fischer, Film Monthly, July 1, 2002.

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• My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always giving back. It's something I hope that I've become a role model for my children.

  Steve Tisch

  Mother, Children, Father

  "Super Bowl Q&A with … Steve Tisch". Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. February 5, 2012.

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• Modern reformers offer nebulous theories or write philanthropic novels. But your thief acts! He is as clear as a fact and as logical as a punch on the nose! And what a style he has!

  Honore de Balzac

  Writing, Style, Thieves

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• When I work as a model, it feels like holiday. Doing a shoot is so light in a way that it's really a good break from being a mother or running a charitable organization and other philanthropic projects that I'm really passionate about.

  Natalia Vodianova

  Mother, Running, Holiday

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• The continent is incredibly exciting. When I first went there, it consumed me, and I instantly felt like I wanted to be engaged one way or the other, whether on a philanthropic level or business. I'm lucky to say today that I do both. In terms of African Wildlife Foundation, I started working with them roughly around 2009, on the ambassador level. Then I joined the board and was exposed to deeper issues that the Foundation was combating on the continent.

  Veronika Varekova

  Issues, Today, Way

  "African Wildlife Foundation, Veronica Varekova and Patrick Bergin". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I have put together resources from the private and philanthropic communities to help provide a bridge because you've got to get the federal money. You've got to get the state money, but I'm going to do everything I can. And I will be with Flint all the way through this crisis in whatever capacity I am.

  Hillary Clinton

  Bridges, Community, Together

  Transcript of the Democratic Presidential Debate in Flint, Mich., www.nytimes.com. March 6, 2016.

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• When I travel around the globe, I try as hard as I can to represent the NBA and the game of basketball to the best of my abilities. I get to go around the world and not only share the game but also my philanthropic work. Building a hospital in the Congo is one of the proudest achievements of my life.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Basketball, Nba, Games

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• I have tried to hold my philanthropic passion to fashion, because I think this is very important, and I realize I need to delve even deeper into it.

  Donna Karan

  Fashion, Passion, Thinking

  "Donna Karan on Meditation, Fashion - and Love". Interview with Mayu Saini, wwd.com. March 28, 2016.

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• I'm very involved in my business and with my family and my friends. I don't play the social world very much, and not to promote my product. I do it for the philanthropic problems because there I feel that I'm making a difference, and that I'm helping. So I do it in a soulful way.

  Donna Karan

  Play, Differences, Making A Difference

  "Donna Karan on Meditation, Fashion - and Love". Interview with Mayu Saini, wwd.com. March 28, 2016.

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• Every woman who has any margin of time or money to spare should adopt some one public interest, some philanthropic undertaking,or some social agitation of reform, and give to that cause whatever time and work she may be able to afford.

  Frances Power Cobbe

  Responsibility, Giving, Agitation

  Frances Power Cobbe (2010). “The Duties of Women: A Course of Lectures”, p.158, Cambridge University Press

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• No matter how well-born, how intelligent, how highly educated, how virtuous, how rich, how refined, the women of to-day constitutea political class below that of every man, no matter how base-born, how stupid, how ignorant, how vicious, how poverty-stricken, how brutal. The pauper in the almshouse may vote; the lady who devotes her philanthropic thought to making that almshouse habitable, may not. The tramp who begs cold victuals in the kitchen may vote; the heiress who feeds him and endows universities may not.

  Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi

  Stupid, Intelligent, Men

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• The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.

  Jules Verne

  Civilization, Perfection, Humanity

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• International friendly games are not worth the lives of the silk worms who perish to make the pennants. They do not even have the philanthropic excuse that softens the otherwise unendurable tedium of testimonial matches. Quite simply, they are rotten games staged to pick the public's pocket, tiresome red tape left over from an era when nations and players were still insular and therefore curious about each other's potential.

  Danny Baker

  Soccer, Football, Player

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• I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the music business would hold up to the work of anybody.

  Glenn Frey

  Artist, Thinking, People

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• However absurd it may seem, I do in all seriousness hereby declare that I am animated mainly by philanthropic motives. I desire to do good to my fellow creatures, even to the Cui bonos.

  Oliver Heaviside

  Science, Desire, May

  "Electrical Papers". Book by Oliver Heaviside, Vol. I; Preface, p. vii, 1892.

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• We’re seeing that business models and philanthropic models are not mutually exclusive.

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

  Models, Exclusive, Seeing

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• I get more results for my money than in any other philanthropic scheme. It is a medical fact that children can have a better chance in life with better looks, better health and more vigor if the teeth, nose, throat and mouth are taken proper care of at the crucial time of childhood.

  George Eastman

  Children, Taken, Childhood

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