Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi Quotes

I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.

I think the tradition of philanthropy is far better developed in the U.S. than in India, as is the whole notion of giving away 50% of your wealth while you are still living and not waiting till you're gone.

The Giving Pledge is not meant to be prescriptive or restrictive.

But thousands die without or this or that, Die, and endow a college or a cat.

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

I will give away at least half my wealth during my lifetime and after my death. In the meantime, I'll continue to grow my wealth as much as possible so that the amount I bequeath to charities and worthy causes can be as substantial as possible.

Generous people can become more generous as they become richer, giving away vast fortunes to worthwhile causes as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing.

I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.

I believe in two things: One, Andrew Carnegie said, 'He who dies with wealth dies in shame.' And someone once said, 'He who gives while he lives also knows where it goes.'

I think that people who make a lot of money - and I do - should certainly give a considerable amount of it away.

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

Anyone who has been as successful as I have should want to share those resources. Why not give some of it to charity?

I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me.

I have committed to giving away 80% of my wealth, much of it in India, but also in other countries.

I became convinced that there was greater satisfaction from giving my money away and seeing something come out of the ground, like a hospital or a university.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have their 'Giving Pledge,' where billionaires promise to give away the majority of their wealth when they die. My Social Security Pledge is better - to give money to good causes when you are alive. Besides, more Americans can participate.

I would love to have had much more money so that I could be a philanthropist.

If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about.

I give away about 50 percent of my income, so my, you know, desire to give back to the country is pretty strong and I intend to give away a lot more. I've signed the giving pledge with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and I intend to give away the bulk of my money.

Usually, people in the Islamic world set aside one-third or one-fourth of their wealth for endowment, and that will be effective only after their death. But in my case, I decided to implement this decision in my lifetime itself.

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 am privileged to be the heir to huge wealth, and I regard myself as a custodian of that money for the benefit of people who need it more than I do.

My husband and I are big givers to charity, and we are teaching our son Barron all about giving his old toys away to children who might not have any.

Why should someone who has $5 billion only give away $2.5 billion? They can't take it with them.

I wish people would go and just read about this man's life - about David Koch's life... Of the literally hundreds of millions of dollars that he has given to a variety of different hospitals.