Philanthropy Quotes - Page 17

• Philanthropy should be voluntary.

  Bill Gates

  Success, Should

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• I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Religious, Money, Believe

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.23, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Power, Historical, Minorities

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2001). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1843 - 1871”, p.315, University of Georgia Press

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• We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.

  Rigoberta Menchu

  Zoos, Past, Racism

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• I love my fellow creatures - I do all the good I can - yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man!

  W. S. Gilbert

  Love, Men, Creatures

  W. S. Gilbert, Ian C. Bradley (2016). “The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan”, p.537, Oxford University Press

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• We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty.

  Jose Ramos-Horta

  Believe, Rights, Boundaries

  Jose Ramos-Horta's Nobel Lecture in Oslo. Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1996.

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• The future of marketing is philanthropy.

  Biz Stone

  Marketing

  "Polaroid Swing aims to reboot brand and inspire new generation" by Mark Brown, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2017.

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• Legal plunder has two roots: One, as we have just seen, is in human selfishness; the other is in false philanthropy.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Two, Roots, Justice

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• The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Leadership, Self Esteem, Self Confidence

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (2010). “Wof : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi”, p.84, Penguin Books India

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• If the barricades went up in our streets and the poor became masters, I think the priests would escape, I fear the gentlemen would; but I believe the gutters would simply be running with the blood of philanthropists.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Running, Fear, Believe

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• Never think you need to apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy cause, any more than as though you were giving him or her an opportunity to participate in a high-grade investment. The duty of giving is as much his or hers as is the duty of asking yours.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Opportunity, Thinking, Giving

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• We look in our own backyard and say, 'How do we help at-risk families, at risk youth? How do we think through some of the problems affecting the Pacific Northwest and make some change there?'

  Melinda Gates

  Thinking, Risk, Backyards

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• Every individual's purpose in tithing is to open up his/her awareness of universal laws. Tithing opens you, to you. You are an unlimited individual, deprived of a fuller, richer life partly because of lack of the tithing experience and expression in life.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Life, Optimistic, Expression

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• As a tither you automatically become solution-oriented rather than problem-oriented.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Problem, Solutions

  FaceBook post by Mark Victor Hansen from May 17, 2010

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• I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die.. and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.

  Felix Dennis

  Inspirational, Thinking, Land

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• I was fortunate to get a scholarship when I went to Lehigh University and Princeton. They were both wonderful schools. Somebody was kind enough to spend their money to educate people that they would never get to know. That's what I think philanthropy is about.

  Lee Iacocca

  Money, Learning, School

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• If the Americans would only take all the money they have spent on this war (Iraq), and spend it like Soros has done on civil societies in these countries, then in 10 years they would have wonderful results.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Country, War, Iraq

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• The world order needs a major overhaul.

  George Soros

  Order, Needs, World

  George Soros (2007). “Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror”, p.135, PublicAffairs

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• I don't go looking for somewhere to spend my money. You can step on a tube of toothpaste for a week, if you have to. I spend what I need to and give it away.

  T. Boone Pickens

  Money, Giving, Steps

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• Successful charitable fund-raising has much in common with managing a business: It requires leadership, persistence, and creativity.

  David Rockefeller

  Success, Leadership, Creativity

  David Rockefeller (2011). “Memoirs”, p.396, Random House

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• There are ... other business societies - England, Holland, Belgium and France, for instance. But ours [the United States] is the only culture now extant in which business so completely dominates the national scene that sports, crime, sex, death, philanthropy and Easter Sunday are money-making propositions.

  Margaret Halsey

  Sports, Easter, Sex

  Margaret Halsey (1952). “The Folks at Home”

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• The private sector must play a role in ensuring the prosperity and health of the people who comprise its market. It is time for the private sector to become a proactive partner contributing to the efforts of governments and philanthropies.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Government, Play, People

  "Calling on the Private Sector: It’s Time to Play a Role" by Simon Mainwaring, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2011.

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• I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.

  Ricky Martin

  Bridges, Convinced

  "Ricky Martin giving a voice to exploited children". "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" with Anderson Cooper, www.cnn.com. November 16, 2010.

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• When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is shy in personality but flamboyant in his philanthropy.

  Steven Pinker

  Cities, People, Interesting

  "My week" by Steven Pinker, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2007.

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• One applauds the industry of professional philanthropy. But it has its dangers. After a while the private heart begins to harden. We fling letters into the wastebasket, are abrupt to telephoned solicitations. Charity withers in the incessant gale.

  Phyllis McGinley

  Heart, Charity, Letters

  Phyllis McGinley, Gerald Durrell (1969). “Birds, beasts, and relatives”, Viking Adult

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