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The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.
The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
When we see a special reformer we feel like asking him, What right have you, sir, to your own virtue? Is virtue piecemeal?
Donate and do not talk about it, they say you do nothing for the society; do and talk about it, they say you seek publicity!
Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly so.
I firmly believe that philanthropy is most effective and outcome-oriented when you ensure that your pledge actually gets spent.
We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only sentient force which can change it.
When I started teaching at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2000, no field-based courses in strategic philanthropy existed.
Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.
With few exceptions, the leading women in philanthropy, notably Melinda Gates, are the wives or daughters of rich and powerful men.
Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.
In philanthropy, you have to take the attitude of a mother... You have to be patient, and we have been very patient for a long time.
When you are the head of any philanthropy organization, what you learn is empathy, how to listen and be responsive to people's needs.
I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.
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.
The best rule for philanthropy is to give until it hurts, as much as you can, because none of us can get through life all by ourselves.
Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
Anybody doing philanthropy has to find something that appeals to them from their own personal background or from intellectual curiosity.
It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.
Often people ask me about getting involved in service and philanthropy, and my first advice is: Make sure it's real and it's transparent.
We cannot preserve philanthropic and charitable values if we detach them completely from our fundamental personal beliefs and convictions.
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.
Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.
Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.
One of the great conundrums in philanthropy globally is that the way wealth creation happens itself often creates the inequities in society.
Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.
Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.
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.
True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities.
It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can pay everyone who works for you.
True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
India's connection with philanthropy didn't begin with western influences. The connection with philanthropy is age-old and ingrained in our value systems.
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.
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.
When I was graduating from college, the things I valued most were family, faith, and philanthropy. I refer to them as the three f's, phonetically speaking.
I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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.
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.
One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mattered to you.
I feel that India lacks a level of philanthropy that is proportional to the wealth that is here, particularly among the top 5,000 industrialists and entrepreneurs.
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.
There's a dark underside to philanthropy. People who give a bunch of money are deferred to, even when they are wrong. The emperor cannot be shown to have no clothes.
A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.
Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.
I think all philanthropy invests in product innovation, whether in a vaccine or a new kind of product of one sort or another, and I think we'll all continue to do that.
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.
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.