I think whenever something is – whenever there’s something that affects the public good, then there does need to be some form of public oversight.
Elon MuskGiving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
John D. RockefellerLet us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.
Mother TeresaCharity creates a multitude of sins.
Oscar WildeStates are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
Noam ChomskyI would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.
Warren BuffettToo many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
Albert CamusA gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
George Bernard ShawYou can’t take care of charity unless you take care of yourself first.
Robert KiyosakiA strong argument for the religion of Christ is this – that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made – not to understand – but to feel – as crime.
Edgar Allan PoeYes, the Bible should be taught in our schools because it is necessary to understand the Bible if we are to truly understand our own culture and how it came to be. The Bible has influenced every part of western culture from our art, music, and history, to our sense of fairness, charity, and business.
Joel OsteenCapital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
Karl MarxWe, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.
Barack ObamaI always knew that St. Jude was an amazing organization but meeting the kids and seeing how the hospital works first hand was truly beautiful. It doesn’t feel like a regular hospital all dreary and sad. It’s a colorful, beautiful, comfortable, fun place to live and the energy is wonderful.
Ariana GrandeAny religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I think the first duty of society is justice.
Alexander HamiltonI work very hard, but when God opens that door for you – when life opens that door for you, I should say – I think it’s important to be giving, to return the love back.
Lady GagaI have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation.
BonoThe ‚Maddox Jolie-Pitt‘ Foundation’s work is inspired by our children and their connections to particular countries.
Angelina JolieWe will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamThe answer to the problem of inequality is for the people who are fortunate enough to either have been gifted or deserved more to do everything they can to make the communities around them as strong as they possibly can.
Jordan PetersonSeek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
Albert SchweitzerThere are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.
Charles DickensIf you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.
Jesus ChristWhere the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.
Virginia WoolfWith Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.
Abraham LincolnI believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there’s no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
Edmund HillaryThe rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
Karl MarxI actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you’re trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you’re giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you’re trying to do?
Bill GatesI don’t think any country is perfect. It’s our responsibility to do the best we can do to change the things we don’t like. I think that’s part of social responsibility, and everybody is going to do that in their own way.
Tom BradyThe first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I’m still skiing. So, we’ll be skiing with some very close friends of the Carter Center letting them know what the Carter Center is doing around the world. We have programs in over 65 countries.
Jimmy CarterThese days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that’s a scandal when we have so many riches and resources to give to everyone. We all have to think about how we can become a little poorer.
Pope FrancisConcupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.
Blaise PascalOne must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
George EliotI have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: ‚What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.‘
Joseph AddisonU2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with my wife, Ali.
BonoI have enjoyed great satisfaction from my climb of Everest and my trips to the poles. But there’s no doubt that my most worthwhile things have been the building of schools and medical clinics.
Edmund HillaryOh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.
Pope FrancisPolitics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!
Pope FrancisPhilanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.
Bill GatesGiving a poor person money keeps them poor.
Robert KiyosakiYou may be rich, but there is one thing you can’t afford – that is, if you are a good sort – you can’t afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.
Robert Baden-PowellThe Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women’s cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude.
Dwayne JohnsonThe most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.
Bill GatesPeople who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.
Thomas SowellThere is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.
Nelson MandelaA 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 LondonStay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.
Mr. TI consider the fact that thousands of children die each day from starvation and a lack of medicine a crisis for humanity and a problem we must collectively attempt to solve.
Alice WalkerThe idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy – even beyond the market opportunities – that’s something that appropriately ought to be done.
Bill GatesRidiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won’t make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa – and it’s about getting a balance.
Richard BransonThe only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
Marcus AureliusThere are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.
Nelson MandelaNever let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
Hosea BallouCharity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
John D. RockefellerMy mother always wanted to give back.
Lady GagaThe general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.
Bill GatesEffective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity – the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.
Bill GatesYou may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There’s another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.
Bill GatesDesire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.
Blaise Pascal