Philanthropy Quotes - Page 5

• Philanthropy, like charity, must begin at home.

  Charles Lamb

  Home, Charity

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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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• Sometimes give your services for nothing.

  Hippocrates

  Inspiring, Giving, Charity

  The Art VI

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• In the four decades of philanthropy that have paralleled my business career, I've found that the same principles apply whether you're providing access to capital to grow a business, creating a new paradigm for medical research, or pioneering innovative approaches to education: Empower the most talented people in each field and encourage them to pursue their passions.

  Michael Milken

  Encouragement, Business, Passion

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• Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged.

  Chinua Achebe

  Charity, Opium, Privileged

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• I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Complaining, World, Charity

  Michael Bloomberg, Matthew Winkler (1997). “Bloomberg by Bloomberg”, Wiley

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  The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

  Helen Keller

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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

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

  John D. Rockefeller

  Giving, Philanthropy Giving

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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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• 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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• Do your best with what you have where you are.

  Lucy Punch

  New Beginnings, Today Not Tomorrow, Words Of Wisdom

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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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• He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Love, Life, Family

  Friedrich Nietzsche “Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche”, Delphi Classics

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• The practice of charity will bind us...will bind all men in one great brotherhood.

  Conrad Hilton

  Men, Practice, People

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• Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.

  David Rockefeller

  Maintaining The Status Quo, Innovation, Needs

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

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• I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

  Charles Koch

  Motivational, Money, Business

  "Koch Responds to Buffett’s Call for Tax Hikes" by Daniel Foster, www.nationalreview.com. August 19, 2011.

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• Kindness is always fashionable.

  Amelia Barr

  Thank You, Fashion, Kindness

  Amelia Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.98, Litres

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• …Spread your love everywhere you go.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Charity, Worst

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.132, Harvard University Press

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• To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

  Mother Teresa

  Friendship, Faith, Inspiration

  1975 In Time, 29 Dec.

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• Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

  Arthur Helps

  Inspirational, Wise, Gratitude

  Sir Arthur Helps (1883). “Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd”

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• ANYONE WHO GIVES ANYTHING—TIME, MONEY, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND NETWORKS—IN ANY AMOUNT, TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD.

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

  Skills, Giving, World

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen (2011). “Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World”, p.11, John Wiley & Sons

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• The gift without the giver is rare.

  James Russell Lowell

  Thank You, Generosity, Giving

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• To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes.
  [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]

  George Herbert

  Feet, Giving, Stealing

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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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