Philanthropy Giving Quotes

• Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Peace, Money

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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• The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Encouragement, Freedom, Business

  "The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better". Book by Richard Leider, p. 35., 2010.

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• Being innovative in your philantropy allows you to stride forward in your giving journey; you can marry your mind and heart to turn charity into lasting impact; and you can become more ambitious in your giving.

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

  Heart, Journey, Impact

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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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• Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.

  Michael Porter

  Thinking, Use, Philanthropy

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  That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

  William Wordsworth

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" l. 34 (1798)

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  Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspiration, People, Giving

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• Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

  Thomas Fuller

  Kindness, Home, Fundraising

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  I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Education, Money

  Aristotle (1869). “The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle”, p.56

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• The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

  William James

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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• Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

  Barbara Bush

  Memorable, Generosity, Giving

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• What are you doing for others?

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Kings, Helping Others, Volunteer

  Jim Haskins, James Haskins, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1992). “I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Millbrook Pr

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• I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Giving, Philanthropy

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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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  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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• 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 can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian

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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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• 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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• No one has ever become poor by giving.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Morning, Kindness

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• How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

  Unknown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Dec 25, 2011

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• 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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• 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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