Philanthropy Quotes

If I were not a writer, I would spend more time doing the things that I am already doing, which include doing research in physics, teaching, and running a nonprofit organization with a mission to empower women in Cambodia.

- Alan Lightman

At the most fundamental level, it is an honor to serve - at whatever type or size of organization you are privileged to lead, whether it is a for-profit or nonprofit. It is an honor to serve. Starting from that foundation, it is important to have a compelling vision and a comprehensive plan.

- Alan Mulally

We've done education nonprofit through our history, and maybe the profit motive will be helpful.

- Alan Patricof

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

- Albert Camus

In the years after the expedition to Chad, I started the Honnold Foundation, a small nonprofit that was my attempt to do something positive in the world. I sought out projects that both helped the environment and improved peoples' standards of living. The more I researched, the more I gravitated toward solar.

- Alex Honnold

Actually I do support a charity, DefendersofWildLife.org. They help protect endangered species.

- Alex Meraz

Many on the professional Right owe their livelihoods to a large and growing network of nonprofit donor-funded groups and for-profit consulting and direct marketing companies hired by those groups.

- Alex Pareene

I went to high school in Ellicott City, Maryland, and I felt pretty ambivalent about the whole thing. It just took time away from my doing things on the Internet - like creating clans in Quake II or starting a Web design nonprofit. In school, I was just a kid. Online, I had authority.

- Alexis Ohanian

Pfizer's actually teamed up with my nonprofit organization, which is called Adaptive Action Sports. I cofounded this organization in 2005 to help people with physical disabilities get involved in action sports, go snowboarding, skateboarding.

- Amy Purdy

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

- An Wang

The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.

- Andrew Forrest

My argument is that charity does indeed start at home, but it doesn't stop there.

- Andrew Mitchell

I felt that one of the things God impressed on me was that I needed to start a nonprofit corporation, so that any money that came my way, whether it was an honorarium, a book sale or a gift, would go into a nonprofit ministry.

- Anne Graham Lotz

I would like it to be a legal requirement for all businesses to be linked to a charity.

- Arabella Weir

The responsibility of philanthropy rests with us. The wealthier we are, the more powerful we get. We cannot put the entire onus on the government.

- Azim Premji

Whether we work in the private, public, or nonprofit sectors, International Women's Day is a time for us to think about how we can all step up and do everything in our power to help women make real economic progress.

- Belinda Johnson

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.

- Ben Kingsley

I'm very politically active, but that has nothing to do with my charity.

- Bernard Marcus

Philanthropy should be voluntary.

- Bill Gates

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

- Bill Gates

Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.

- Bill Gates

I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.

- Bill Wyman

I never thought I would be in a position like this, where my words and experiences are now inspiring others to follow suit. It's challenging at times, but I can only look forward to the future of business and philanthropy.

- Blake Mycoskie

I can honestly say that TOMS is my future. I mean I have no desire to start any other company for as long as I live because this is the perfect blend of business and philanthropy to me.

- Blake Mycoskie

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

- Bob Hope

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

- Bob Woodward

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

- Bodhidharma

If you're in a city where there's no clear startup community, the goal is not raise a bunch of money to fund a nonprofit; the goal is not get your government involved. The goal is start finding the other entrepreneurial leaders who are committed to being in your city over the next 20 years.

- Brad Feld

Actually, I have my own charity that I started that helps supplement families with terminal children.

- Brad Garrett

I am in a charity out there to stop violence against women.

- Caprice Bourret

I think charity begins with your family and you take it from there.

- Caprice Bourret

I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.

- Carlos Slim

Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.

- Carlos Slim

I am in the process of starting a nonprofit organization that gives rescued animals a home in a simulated wild environment and, for those who have been tested on, who are disabled, aggressive, etc., their own space to live out their days.

- Casey Affleck

I launched Chefs for Humanity, a national nonprofit, with my voice, heart and money from my own pocket. Money gives you the ability to make a difference in the world and, when used in a positive way, is a lot of fun.

- Cat Cora

Impact Day is just one part of the hundreds of thousands of volunteer, pro bono, and professional training hours Deloitte offers to nonprofit organizations nationwide throughout the year. It's a day to celebrate all we do to make an impact that matters in the communities where we live and work.

- Cathy Engelbert

I think philanthropy is so much more in keeping with spirit of shouting someone out than a material reward.

- Charles Best

Our mission is to help students in need and to democratize philanthropy.

- Charles Best

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.

- Charles Bronfman

Philanthropy is in the DNA of my family.

- Charles Bronfman

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

- Charles Caleb Colton

On the personal side, family is really important to me. I have a big family - five kids and 12 grandkids - so keeping that going is wonderful. And I do a lot of philanthropy. I'm chairman of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

- Charles Schwab

I feel like giving back is in my blood.

- Chaske Spencer

I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.'

- Chelsea Clinton

Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. We inform, engage, and mobilize audiences to take action and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world.

- Christy Turlington

My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada's nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind.

- Claire Danes

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there.

- Clare Boothe Luce

The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.

- Claudio Hummes

My charity is called 'Grand Kids.' People keep thinking it's 'Grandkids.'

- Curtis Granderson

It's time to re-think charity. It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. The fight for these freedoms must be our new cause, because without them, all of our causes are ultimately lost.

- Dan Pallotta

Showers last only 10 minutes, but you can't do anything else in there but think. The shower is probably the main place I come up with ideas. That's where I came up with the concept for OneVoice, my nonprofit organization.

- Daniel Lubetzky

The national nonprofit I founded, 'KaBOOM!,' is on a mission to save play for America's children, and has long been championing the cause in high-need communities.

- Darell Hammond

I did software development for a while, and I also spent several years directing a nonprofit in San Francisco that did computer education for the poor. I also did a lot of work in fast food.

- David Autor

My father worked for a children's home called Dr. Barnardo's Homes. They're a charity.

- David Bowie

IRS rules generally prohibit acts of 'self-dealing,' in which a charity's leaders use the nonprofit group's money to buy things for themselves.

- David Fahrenthold

All of philanthropy is harnessing that urge to have your name on something, and using it for good.

- David Fahrenthold

If you're the president of a charity, you can't take the money out of the charity and use it to buy things for yourself. And you can't take the money out of the charity and use it to buy things for your business.

- David Fahrenthold

I'm obviously very involved with my own charity and foundation that I work with. Obviously, I'm very passionate about that.

- David Nail

I'm on a lot of nonprofit boards, but if I didn't enjoy it I wouldn't do it. I haven't yet done anything that's transformational in philanthropy. But I hope at some point to target two or three causes or organizations and really make transformational gifts.

- David Rubenstein

For us, giving back is not an extracurricular activity.

- Denise Morrison

I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is implemented by an industry that seeks to return money to shareholders instead of using that money to provide health care.

- Dianne Feinstein

I clear my wardrobe of anything I'm not wearing and give the clothes to charity.

- Domenico Dolce

Future public education will require involvement and collaboration among various local, civic, private and nonprofit entities, a concept I like to refer to as 'community entrepreneurship.'

- Donald Bren

I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.

- Donald Bren

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

- Donna Karan

There's a lot of complacency in philanthropy. People figure organizations are trying to do good, and that's enough, even if the results aren't there. But that's wasteful and inefficient. It crowds out better programs.

- Dustin Moskovitz

Charity is just writing checks and not being engaged. Philanthropy, to me, is being engaged, not only with your resources but getting people and yourself really involved and doing things that haven't been done before.

- Eli Broad

Philanthropy is activism.

- Eli Broad

I think often times when people choose to be part of a charity; it's usually because something is very personal.

- Elizabeth Berkley

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

- Emanuel Swedenborg

I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week.

- Eric Bristow

As the state's top lawyer, I am empowered to protect nonprofit donors from fraudulent solicitations and charitable assets from misuse.

- Eric Schneiderman

Increasingly, I'm inspired by entrepreneurs who run nonprofit organizations that fund themselves, or for-profit organizations that achieve social missions while turning a profit.

- Ethan Zuckerman

I think that if you start teaching about giving back and helping other people young, that will be a given for your child their whole life.

- Eva LaRue

Charity should always be a constant.

- Eva LaRue

The Silverlake Conservatory is a nonprofit music school in Los Angeles where we teach music, mostly to kids, but to people of all ages - people who are old, people with beards, all kinds of people.

- Flea

Some corporations are extremely well managed; some nonprofit organizations are. It has nothing to do with the sector. It has to do with quality of management.

- Frances Hesselbein

Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.

- Francis of Assisi

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

- Francis of Assisi

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.

- Francis of Assisi

Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.

- Francis Quarles

Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.

- Gamaliel Bailey

Kiss is not a charity. Never, ever mix commerce and charity.

- Gene Simmons

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

- George Sand

The millennial generation and a growing number of employees are looking for more than just a paycheck. If a nonprofit could make that easy for me, they are doing me a favor. It's not just a one-way value exchange; it is an internal morale building opportunity.

- Gerald Chertavian

I have three wood-fired ovens... I have one at my house, one at my ranch, one on the trailer that I use for charity events.

- Guy Fieri

Around 80 per cent of my money goes to charity.

- Heather Mills

I never used the press for anything except my charity.

- Heather Mills

I am a charity campaigner.

- Heather Mills

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

- Henry Ford

Giving back is something that comes from the heart to me. It's not that I do it because it's the right thing: I do it because I want do it.

- Henry Kravis

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I'll get involved in philanthropy.

- Hillary Clinton

The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

- Homer

Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins.

- Horace Smith

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

- Hosea Ballou

I've spent so much time with my dad traveling and seeing the ground-level change that we've been able to make through philanthropy and trip over trip, time over time, country over country, home after home we've been invited into, given tea, given food that people didn't have to give us, I mean all of these things.

- Howard Warren Buffett

It's important to do see the results of your philanthropy while you are alive.

- Husnu Ozyegin

Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money.

- Ian MacKaye

Anything I can do to raise awareness and money for charity, I like to do.

- Ian Ziering

I think running a small nonprofit to work on the opioid crisis and bring interesting new businesses to the so-called Rust Belt - all of these things are valuable, if not more valuable, than running for office.

- J. D. Vance

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

Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.

- Jacqueline Novogratz

Earning high returns isn't just a matter of bragging rights - endowment income supports the missions of nonprofit institutions, whether education, as with college and universities, or broader social programs, as at many private foundations.

- James B. Stewart

Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation.

- James Weldon Johnson

You tell people that the NFL is a nonprofit entity, and they just start laughing and giggling. But it's not fair.

- Jason Chaffetz

No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it's government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.

- Jeff Bezos

The question really is, are you improving the world? And you can do that in many models. You can do that in government, you can do that in a nonprofit, and you can do it in commercial enterprise.

- Jeff Bezos

In business, the market gives you feedback in real time. Your sales figures tell you what's working, what isn't, and how you need to change. If you don't listen to the feedback, you go belly up. In philanthropy, there is no market.

- Jeff Raikes

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.

- Jeffrey Archer

Young entrepreneurs, in general, feel they're too busy running their companies, which I think is a mistake. But once they're older, you see much more of a propensity to be involved in philanthropy.

- Jeffrey Skoll

I believe we have a responsibility, even if our job is to lead a nonprofit organization, as private citizens to be good citizens and to make our voices heard.

- Jerry Falwell, Jr.

During the week, my days are consumed with school commitments, play-dates and work for Baby Buggy, a nonprofit I started, which collects kids' gear for parents in need. So on weekends, I look forward to uninterrupted time with my family.

- Jessica Seinfeld

Those of us who have yet to find philanthropy may find there is a far greater reward from it than from wealth creation.

- John Caudwell

I'd much rather leave £2bn to charity, or £3bn or £4bn, than £1bn. That is my motivation to carry on working as hard as I do.

- John Caudwell

I do shamefully little for charity, and I always talk about it when I do.

- John Niven

In philanthropy, many of us give a little bit and each year we give more and more to see what actually works and not just throw money out there and see if it's going to work. If the government did the same thing, fabulous.

- John Paul DeJoria

For me, if I have done my duty, the continued approbation of Congress and the Marine Committee will make me rich indeed, and far more than reward me for a life of service devoted from principles of philanthropy, to support the dignity of human nature.

- John Paul Jones

My philanthropy is no relation to anybody else's. None. My philanthropy and what we do at the foundation speaks for itself and has no relation to anyone's.

- Jon Bon Jovi

Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer.

- Jon Porter

The film 'Documented,' a project of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Define American campaign, is about my families: the family I was blessed to be born into, and the family of friends, mentors and allies that I found when I moved to the United States at 12, a Filipino kid trying to make sense of my new home in America.

- Jose Antonio Vargas

Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do.

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

We donate time, expertise, and resources to a wide array of charitable and nonprofit organizations around the world each year through partnership initiatives that make a real difference in our communities.

- Joshua Bekenstein

I was born to Haitian parents, and the idea of giving back is really just a part of our culture. So, I don't think there was ever a moment that I questioned my call to philanthropy, but I can say that the more I've grown, the bigger that call has become.

- Karen Civil

Last time I checked, private nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria on their own without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood.

- Karen Handel

With few exceptions, the leading women in philanthropy, notably Melinda Gates, are the wives or daughters of rich and powerful men.

- Kavita Ramdas

Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that's always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that's what you are.

- Keke Palmer

You have to build a culture of philanthropy. In a country like India, we need to be sensitive and caring about the poorer, more disadvantaged section of our country.

- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.

- Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.

- Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.

- Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives - not profits - are at stake.

- Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

I believe in giving back.

- Laura San Giacomo

The beauty of having an LLC in today's world is No. 1, you have the ability to act and react as nimbly as need be to create change, and you have the ability to invest politically, in the for-profit sector and the nonprofit sector simultaneously.

- Laurene Powell Jobs

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In the nonprofit world, the right picture is worth tens of thousands of dollars. I use PhotoPad to sync our Samasource Flickr account to my iPad and slip it out of my purse at cocktail parties to tell our story.

- Leila Janah

Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.

- Loretta Young

While other industries have suffered, the nonprofit arts world continues to build in strength while it encourages the growth of innumerable small businesses on its periphery, thereby creating more jobs.

- Louise Slaughter

I very much believe in teaching young people about philanthropy, and to give back.

- Lynn Schusterman

As Jews, we are commanded to give tzedakah - an act of justice, not charity - because it is the righteous thing to do.

- Lynn Schusterman

I love to perform at benefits and charity fundraisers.

- Madi Diaz

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

- Maimonides

To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts.

- Majora Carter

I have a huge passion for giving back.

- Malcolm Jenkins

My favorite charity is the Women's Refugee Commission and the Nomi network.

- Mamie Gummer

Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.

- Manoj Bhargava

My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.

- Manoj Bhargava

Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.

- Manoj Bhargava

If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.

- Manoj Bhargava

Charity is very difficult to do right. Thinking through what people need: You can't start a charity without that. It's like starting a business without the product.

- Manoj Bhargava

I always had the old-school model that I'm going to work for as long as I'm relevant and focus on for-profit activities and someday when I retire I'm going to learn about philanthropy.

- Marc Andreessen

It's not so unusual for me to have a week of meetings that includes not only my employees, not only my customers, not only media, but could also include principals of local K-12 schools; it could include non-governmental organizations or nonprofit organizations or members of the community.

- Marc Benioff

In business, we say that people overestimate what you can do in a year and underestimate what you can do in a decade. This is true in philanthropy as well.

- Marc Benioff

The designer of my Emmy gown is donating my gown to the charity for an auction.

- Maria Menounos

My role at Lockheed Martin puts me in contact with extraordinary leaders in many fields - from science and engineering to philanthropy and government. And since we also work closely with our nation's armed forces, we tend to reflect a lot on leadership and how we can inspire successful teamwork, cooperation, and partnerships.

- Marillyn Hewson

I've been doing a lot of stuff that has to do with charity and giving. I'm trying to give and not take as much.

- Mark Indelicato

The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation.

- Mary Ritter Beard

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

- Mary Wollstonecraft

The charity that I work for is the Johnson Cancer Research Foundation at UCLA. I also do work with Stand Up To Cancer.

- Maura Tierney

The name 'Reflect It Back' comes from the idea of not only giving back but also seeing yourself in someone else.

- Max Carver

I get excited about people doing stuff, and to whom I want to give. And I believe in giving back to people who have helped me and my family in the past. The key is getting excited.

- Michael Hintze

There are moments when great music can be the greatest service and charity.

- Michael Leunig

As we've seen time and again, women and girls who are out there working, they are truly force multipliers, spreading opportunity through their families and communities - and not just by creating programs and nonprofit organizations, not just by hiring other women, but also by serving as role models themselves.

- Michelle Obama

I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.

- Mikhail Baryshnikov

That's why it has to be a nonprofit, because a nonprofit is required to take monies it receives and use them for the purposes for which it's chartered by the government. It can't be pocketed.

- Mitch Kapor

The Mozilla Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization.

- Mitchell Baker

My children have been learning lessons about entrepreneurship since they were in kindergarten, and these lessons are paying off: even though they are only 22, 18, and 15, they have already collectively launched three nonprofit organizations and several new businesses.

- Naveen Jain

Entrepreneurial Philanthropy is not just a philosophy or a dream. It is a promise that philanthropy is at its best when it is founded on entrepreneurial zest and agility.

- Naveen Jain

Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask for the same from philanthropy.

- Naveen Jain

I'm good at clearing things out. If I haven't worn something for a while, I'll give it away to charity.

- Nicola Adams

Producing is a little bit in my blood. Philanthropy also is a very important for me.

- Nina Tassler

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.

- Noreena Hertz

What's success all about? What's philanthropy all about? Let's think of our legacy, following in the footsteps of some great Americans like the Carnegies and the Mellons who used their wealth for quality purposes.

- Norman Braman

It's just not our style to put our names on the philanthropy we've done. It's not in the Jewish tradition of tzedakah.

- Norman Braman

I'm always keen to have more training as a charity patron.

- Olivia Colman

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

- Oscar Wilde

I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.

- Paige Butcher

I did charity events with the Cup all the time.

- Patrick Kane

I can tell you, because I serve on so many nonprofit boards - where half of us are academics and half of us are from Wall Street - that there's no CEO who understands at all a derivative. All they know is that somebody tells them in their organization, 'We've got a wonderful profit center.'

- Paul Samuelson

Most designers and creative agencies, no matter their industry niche, will do some nonprofit or cause-related work at some stage of their career. This work helps us create a sense of purpose that is bigger than us. It connects us to our community, helps us leave a legacy and be part of something bigger than our own work.

- Peleg Top

I like being successful. Giving back is just a part of that.

- Peter Loftin

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.

- Phil Donahue

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

- Phillips Brooks

I'm a technologist by origin and by training, but I'm focused on philanthropy.

- Pierre Omidyar

In the same way that you're driven in your business to keep innovating - Facebook is a wonderful example of constant innovation - think about doing that in philanthropy.

- Pierre Omidyar

I just think that philanthropy is a fancy way to say that you care about others and that you want to serve others. And that's been a part of me for as long as I can remember.

- Priscilla Chan

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

- Ralph Nader

Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.

- Ram Shriram

There is precious little that's charitable about the world of charity.

- Richard Cohen

I don't understand the theory that nonprofit hospitals that run at forty percent capacity and do not pay taxes should be granted some special privilege. I like level playing fields.

- Richard Rainwater

You can't take care of charity unless you take care of yourself first.

- Robert Kiyosaki

I'm driven by my passion - my family, my philanthropy, and the New England Patriots winning. That's my life.

- Robert Kraft

Today the Internet is run by private sector interests within the United States under the supervision of a nonprofit entity formed by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

- Robin Hayes

I do my bit for charity.

- Rod Stewart

You know I think I could give a little more back to charity.

- Rod Stewart

I think the tradition of philanthropy is far better developed in the U.S. than in India, as is the whole notion of giving away 50% of your wealth while you are still living and not waiting till you're gone.

- Romesh Wadhwani

All the family money is for philanthropy, except for living expenses for my mother. She is 94 and isn't a big spender.

- Ronnie Chan

We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift.

- Rose Schneiderman

Philanthropy is all about sharing. If there's an opportunity to collaborate, we will. Collaborating just for finance is pointless. It has to be like a business collaboration.

- Roshni Nadar

Our aim is to set some kind of benchmark and standards for transparency and governance in private philanthropy.

- Roshni Nadar

The largest expense in our philanthropy is capital expenditure because we are building these institutions. This institution-building idea stems from my father because he has the experience of building a company from scratch.

- Roshni Nadar

My husband and I adopted our children through a private agency, Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children. As a nonprofit organization, it relies on client fees as well as donor support to do its work.

- Rumaan Alam

Charity is willingly given from the heart.

- Rush Limbaugh

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

- Saint Augustine

To us, the definition of philanthropy is what we spend. A P&L account means expenditure, lines of revenue. There is a surplus; it goes to the balance sheet. A transparent foundation should disclose this.

- Shiv Nadar

My daughter is very happy doing philanthropy, especially in the schools.

- Shiv Nadar

Reliable numbers about the amount of dirty money around the world are difficult to come by. But according to an estimate by the nonprofit Global Financial Integrity group, $1 trillion vanishes from the developing world's economies every year.

- Sri Mulyani Indrawati

With my business, the way you make big money is you find a great management team and a good concept, and you stick to it, and you add to it over time. In philanthropy, there was more this idea that once an idea was formulated, you moved along.

- Stanley Druckenmiller

In my experience, the more successful an idea is, the easier it is to fund it. In philanthropy, it's almost harder.

- Stanley Druckenmiller

I do a lot of stuff. I mean, you know, charity work.

- Sylvia Browne

The character of a people may be ruined by charity.

- Theodor Herzl

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

- Thomas Fuller

What tournaments want to do, typically, is support charities in their community that need the money and charities that are impactful to their community. The better the job the tournament does for the charities, the better they are able to sell the tournament and raise money for the charity.

- Tim Finchem

I turn to my wife for everything. Her success has never affected her as a person - she's incredibly loyal. We laugh together; we share everything, and she still surprises me. When I saw her in 'Sweet Charity,' I was so proud to say, 'That's my wife.'

- Tom Ellis

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.

- Walt Whitman

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

- Washington Irving

Philanthropy is my job.

- will.i.am

Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.

- will.i.am

Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.

- Yogi Berra

The success of 'Scrubs' allowed me to pursue anything I felt passionately about without having to worry about money. It allowed me to spend my summer work shopping my show at a nonprofit theater.

- Zach Braff