Quotes about Philanthropy
Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
— Albert Schweitzer
You can't help the poor by becoming one of them.
— Brian Tracy
The greatest deterrent to giving is the illusion that this earth is our home.
— Randy Alcorn
Humanity is the equity of the heart.
— Confucius
I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.
— Albert Schweitzer
All you have shall some day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.
— Khalil Gibran
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
— Andrew Carnegie
Generosity is the best investment.
— Diane von Furstenberg
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
— John Adams
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
— George Washington
Charity and personal force are the only investments worth anything.
— Walt Whitman
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
— Albert Camus