Philanthropy Giving Quotes - Page 2

• 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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• No one has ever become poor by giving.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Morning, Kindness

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• Do all the good you can, by all the means you can.

  John Wesley

  Christian, Kindness, Mean

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

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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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• 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 a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Success, Helping Others

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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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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• 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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• Much is expected from those to whom much is given.

  C. S. Lewis

  Given, Expected

  C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.309, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The value of a man resides in what he gives

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Giving Not Receiving, Generosity

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• Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

  George Sand

  Aggravation, Charity, Degrade

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• My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

  Dr. An Wang

  Technology, Needs, Philanthropy

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• Give something back by becoming more

  Tony Robbins

  Positive Thinking, Responsibility, Giving

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me.

  James Russell Lowell

  Giving, Three, Charity

  James Russell Lowell (2012). “The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell, With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations”, p.46, tredition

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• We pass through this world but once.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Kindness, Helping Others, Giving

  Stephen Jay Gould (2006). “The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)”, p.30, W. W. Norton & Company

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• My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.

  Lee Iacocca

  Life, Money, Father

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• I will continue to distribute blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing and food on a regular basis, in the hope that my modest efforts will give some comfort to those people we are able help.

  Mohamed Al-Fayed

  Inspirational, Sleep, People

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

  Michael Bloomberg

  Organization, Giving, Inspire

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  What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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• If you think of life as like a big pie, you can try to hold the whole pie and kill yourself trying to keep it, or you can slice it up and give some to the people around you, and you still have plenty left for yourself.

  Jay Leno

  Life, Thinking, Pie

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• A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

  Ralph Nader

  Inspiration, Justice, Needs

  Anthony Quainton, Ralph Nader (2000). “Global Challenges in the 21st Century”

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• I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Gratitude

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• It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Giving, Charity, Firsts

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• The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

  Charles Lamb

  Character, Deeds Done, Charity

  "The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb".

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