Philanthropy Quotes

Some see philanthropy as merely giving money to those in need.

But the truth is much deeper than that. It is a strategic investment in the future, in community infrastructure, in ideas that change the world. It is a responsibility, not just an act of volunteering.

It is building a legacy of positive impact that far outlives the founder. These quotes perfectly embody the spirit of philanthropy, manifesting as donations, generosity, and true social responsibility.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin: The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they ...
Quote by Bill Gates: I believe that with great wealth comes great responsibility, a responsibility to give back to societ...
Quote by Warren Buffett: In that, we agreed with Andrew Carnegie, who said that huge fortunes that flow in large part from so...
Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell the...
Quote by Henry David Thoreau: I confess that I have hitherto indulged very little in philanthropic enterprises.... While my townsm...
Quote by Bill Gates: China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will...
Quote by Bill Gates: I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which...
Quote by Virginia Woolf: Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic....
Quote by Colin Powell: The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in ...
Quote by Nelson Mandela: There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expect...
Quote by Bill Gates: Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling....
Quote by Oprah Winfrey: there is no fun than helping to make someone's dreams come true Especially when that person is ayoun...
Quote by Henry David Thoreau: The philanthropist too often surrounds mankind with the remembrance of his own cast- off griefs as a...
Quote by Bill Gates: Investing in innovation, which was my broad theme talking to [Warren Buffett ], that included health...
Quote by Bill Gates: The poor can't wait. Philanthropists needed to carry on being generous....
Quote by Bill Gates: I know that historically our foundation has had great relations with all the administrations.[Bill] ...
Quote by Bill Gates: You know, development sometimes is viewed as a project in which you give people things and nothing m...
Quote by Bill Gates: I remember thinking quite logically that I didn't want to spoil my children with wealth and so that ...
Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances ...
Quote by Bill Gates: If I hadn't given my money away, I'd have had more than anyone else on the planet....
Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints....
Quote by Bill Gates: My mom was on the United Way group that decides how to allocate the money and looks at all the diffe...
Quote by Bill Gates: Contrary to Piketty’s rentier hypothesis, I don’t see anyone on the [Forbes 400 list of the wealthie...
Quote by Steve Jobs: I think the world's a better place because Bill realized that his goal isn't to be the richest guy i...
Quote by Oprah Winfrey: One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthrop...
Quote by Bill Gates: The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important....
Quote by Tupac Shakur: I guarantee if people keep mm..supportin' me....Just buying my records, goin to my concerts, just su...
Quote by Oscar Wilde: Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic....
Quote by Bill Gates: The returns from investing in poor people are just as great as the returns from investing in the bus...
Quote by Oscar Wilde: And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the st...
Quote by John D. Rockefeller: Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege....
Quote by Bill Gates: I hope corporations will dedicate a percentage of their top innovators' time to issues that could he...
Quote by Bill Gates: When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one...
Quote by Benjamin Franklin: ...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of i...
Quote by Bill Gates: The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice....
Quote by Nelson Mandela: It is my greatest wish that the Children’s Fund should continue to be a beacon of hope and light....
Quote by Bill Gates: Thinking about impact on children meant adding to the agenda, both the R&D agenda and the delivery a...
Quote by Bill Gates: The only role other than paying their taxes, whatever those are, the only role for philanthropy broa...
Quote by Oscar Wilde: The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out....
Quote by Bill Gates: I do normal kind of contributions, particularly for people who are going over to Africa and help hig...
Quote by Bill Gates: If your goal is to make the world a better place, one thing you can do is pick a specific challenge ...
Quote by Bill Gates: If you think of global public goods like polio eradication, the kind of risk-taking new approach, ph...
Quote by Bill Gates: President [George] Bush made the U.S. absolutely the leader, between its own PEPFAR, and it's been b...
Quote by Bill Gates: Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business ...
Quote by John D. Rockefeller: Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving....
Quote by Bill Gates: In the philanthropy game, you're going for different outcomes: saving childhood lives, having kids g...
Quote by H. L. Mencken: In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with ...
Quote by George Carlin: I think it would be fair and right to use some of my land and wealth for a drug-rehab center or an I...
Quote by Og Mandino: Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving....
Quote by Bill Gates: A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's...
Quote by Colin Powell: Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up....
Quote by Oprah Winfrey: The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I mi...
Quote by Bill Gates: Take agriculture, where we haven't done much, or sanitation; saying,
Quote by Bill Gates: Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills tha...
Quote by John Lennon: Where do people get off saying the Beatles should give $200,000,000 to South America? You know, Amer...
Quote by Henry David Thoreau: If you give money, spend yourself with it....
Quote by Juice Wrld: It's good to put money back into communities....
Quote by Oprah Winfrey: I never had children, never even thought I would have children. Now I have 152 daughters; expecting ...
Quote by Frank Sinatra: (While accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award) I've been thinking about why you have to get ...
Quote by John D. Rockefeller: The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to ...