Richard Branson Quotes

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.

I'm just so very lucky to be able to do what I do for a living, and giving back is a way for me to express my gratitude. I'm so lucky to be in a position to help people, and that's appealing to me.

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

I like giving back to the community, because it lasts a long time.

Philanthropy is lost. The human spirit is suppressed. Most people want a legacy; they want to give something back, a library, a hospital wing, a donation to their church. This is a form of socialism that must go.

I'm like Robin Hood. I rob the rich to make these projects come alive... not really rob. It's done with a smile.

You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.

The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people creating funds and giving back in all sorts of productive ways. It's a terrifically satisfying thing.

Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who helped me, educational institutions that helped me with scholarships, or organizations that were very useful to me in growing up.

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

While visiting Costa Rica, I was inspired to hear that someone had donated a playground to a local school. So when I returned to L.A., one day I just called the principal of a nearby elementary school and asked what I could do. Five years later, I've helped make over nine schools, repainting, renovating, and fixing up playgrounds.

We are not about creating a Forrest dynasty, we're about helping others.

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.

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.

I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others.

When you're someone who cares about making a difference in the world, and you have resources to do that, you have literally hundreds of choices you could make about how to do that.

Once you have money you're gonna want to give back. And it's the best, best feeling.

My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something that I knew, if I made the NFL, I would financially have the ability to do.

We feel like if we can give back, that's what we are called to do. So we've been fortunate to do a lot of really cool things and touch a lot of people's lives.

Going out and volunteering sounds simple, but many people don't volunteer because they don't know where to start.

Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time.

Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.

I account the office of benefactor, or almoner, to which God appoints all those whom he has favored with wealth, one of the most honorable and delightful in the world. He never institutes a channel for the passage of His bounties that those bounties do not enrich and beautify.