Sudha Murty Quotes

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

I like to live well and I feel good about it because I know how much we give back. There's plenty for my family, now let's take care of the rest.

I am so rich that I must give myself away.

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.

O Ye Rich Ones on Earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease

The money I have earned has given me the opportunity to give back to the people who do not have the same opportunities as me.

I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief.

I've always felt that if you've been blessed, you should try to help as many people as you can. I just think that's the right thing to do.

The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.

The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.

For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.

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.

It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.

My parents taught us it's important to give back.

I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others.

Trying to give back a little bit is important.

Giving is what makes a nation great.

My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving.

It's always the big question in our lives if you have a lot of success. What do you do with it? Buy more houses, buy more cars, buy more stuff, be wealthy and distant and unengaged? Or do you take all that good fortune that has come towards you and spread the love, do something with it?

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

When you're in a position to have gotten so much, the gift at this point is giving back.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.