#philanthropy

Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#filling #formerly #innovations #involved #maintaining

The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#economic #enlightened #everyone #exercise #new

Through their donations and work for voluntary organizations, the charitable rich exert enormous influence in society. As philanthropists, they acquire status within and outside of their class. Although private wealth is the basis of the hegemony of this group, philanthropy is essential to the maintenance and perpetuation of the upper class in the United States. In this sense, nonprofit activities are the nexus of a modern power elite. ↗

— Teresa Odendahl

#clinton #hegemony #non-profit #philanthropy #power-elite

It occurred to him that thinking like this could explain why, even after all the jobs he'd pulled, he rarely had much money in his pockets. Sometimes it seemed like he stole money from one place just to give it away somewhere else. ↗

— Dennis Lehane

#money #philanthropy #money

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

#men #merely #never #philanthropy #rather

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#circumstances #commendable #economic #injustice #make

I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity. I want others to look at us and see that we care not just about ourselves but about others. ↗

— Madam C.J. Walker

#giving-back #philanthropy-business #service #women #business

Rather than being a human, be a humanitarian ↗

— Kowtham Kumar K

#kindness #life #love #philanthropy #love

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

#activities #always #focus #going #had

In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves. ↗

— Aberjhani

#celebrities #famous-authors #famous-poets #gratitude #hope