A monthly list of 25 fun facts, helpful hints and other pearls
of wisdom relating to philanthropy and the development profession
February 2005 Volume 1, Number 6
25 Philanthropy Quotes
1. "We make a living by what we make. We make a life by
what we give." Winston Churchill
2. "We often excuse our won want of philanthropy by giving
the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
3. "Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently
appreciated by mankind." Henry David Thoreau
4. "The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation."
Miriam Beard
5. "It is more difficult to give money away intelligently
than it is to earn it in the first place." Andrew Carnegie
6. "Continually give, continually gain." Chinese proverb
7. "It is every man's obligation to put back into the world
at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it." Albert
Einstein
8. "The act of philanthropy is a spiritual act, an expression
of caring for one's fellow human beings. It is a belief in the
future and that the future can be good. It is investing in that
future. It is helping to make the dream come true." Arthur
Frantzreb
9. "The main problem is not the haves and the have-nots --
it's the give-nots." Arnold Glasow
10. "Do your givin' while you're livin'... then you'll be
knowin' where it's goin'." Ann Landers
11. "To keep a lamp burning, we have to put oil in it."
Mother Teresa
12. "True charity is the desire to be useful to others without
thought of recompense." Emanuel Swedenborg
13. "If you are not poor enough to take charity, you are
rich enough to give it." Unknown
14. "Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six
billion live? If we were aware, we would want to help out, we'd
want to get involved." Bill Gates
15. "As I started getting rich, I started thinking, 'what
the hell am I going to do with all this money?'... You have to
learn to give." Ted Turner
16. "I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't.
I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being
able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life."
Oprah Winfrey
17. "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
Booker T. Washington
18. "No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor
has been the reward for what he gave." Calvin Coolidge
19. "Money is like manure. If you spread it around, it does
a lot of good, but if you pile it up in one place, it stinks like
hell." Clint W. Murchison
20. "When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not
to have given enough of ourselves." Eleonora Duse
21. "Charity is the power of defending that which we know
to be indefensible. Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances
which we know to be desperate." G. K. Chesterton
22. "'Tis always more blessed to give than to receive; for
example, wedding presents." H. L. Mencken
23. "Money-giving is a very good criterion . . . of a person's
mental health. Generous people are rarely mentally ill people."
Karl A. Menninger
24. "As the purse is emptied the heart is filled." Victor
Hugo
25. "There is no limit to the good you can do if you don't
care who gets the credit." Anonymous
