Jonathan Sacks Quotes

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.

The billionaire who sits on his money and doesn't do anything for the common good - I'm not interested in that person.

Poverty was nowhere more endurable than in a country where duty towards one's neighbor, that is, one's fellow-citizen, was practiced with the utmost piety, as a means of gaining the favor of God the King.

Government does not have a monopoly on compassion.

In all the ages, three-fourths of the support of the great charities has been conscience money.

Americans by nature are more philanthropic than most other people, but hopefully that will change.

Major forces that have contributed to the evolution of philanthropy in India in the pre-modern era have mainly been driven by religion, family, and society. The Hindu teaching of 'daan' or 'giving' is present in different ways in almost every celebration or ritual.

The Bharat Ram family was into philanthropy a way earlier. They build institutes such as Shri Ram College of Commerce, Lady Shri Ram College, and Shri Ram Schools. They are very inspiring.

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

Whatever we get from the government or other people - even one rupee we get, we give it to the poor. Completely free service.

I very much believe in teaching young people about philanthropy, and to give back.

I'm starting the Juicy J Scholarship Foundation. I'm going to start doing a lot of different things trying to help out and give back.

I've given away tens of millions of dollars over the years - probably to almost every charity in Australia.

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

Giving back is something that comes from the heart to me. It's not that I do it because it's the right thing: I do it because I want do it.

In my view, a philanthropist is anyone who gives anything - time, money, experience, skills or networks - in any amount, to create a better world. This is not how we once thought about philanthropy. The word used to conjure up something rather passive - sitting down and writing checks.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

When I was younger, I played sports and went to camp. As I got older, my parents began to instill in us the importance of giving back to the community, especially those places around the world that are less fortunate than my very privileged life growing up in Los Angeles.

If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

People feel good about giving money to Greenpeace.

I believe in giving back very strongly.

Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.

Countries with high levels of atheism also are the most charitable in terms of giving foreign aid to the developing world. The dubious link between Christian literalism and Christian values is also belied by other indices of charity.