John Caudwell Quotes

I believe strongly in 'giving while living.' I see little reason to delay giving when so much good can be achieved through supporting worthwhile causes today. Besides, it's a lot more fun to give while you live than to give while you are dead.

My goal is to work diligently to become the top philanthropist in the world.

You can actually make a lot of money and do a lot of good in the world. I don't see those things as being in opposition to one another. I never have.

Corporate philanthropy should not be, and can not be, disinterested.

A lot of people making a lot of money, billion, billions of dollars accumulating. Why are they coming for, finally, for philanthropy? Why the need for accumulating money, then doing philanthropy? What if one decided to start philanthropy from the day one?

The great thing is these days I no longer have to work for a living and that all of the things that I'm able to do where money is paid as compensation for whatever it be, I'm able to donate all of that to charity. That's a wonderful position to find yourself in at the latest stages of your life and I'm proud to have walked the path that I have and I'm proud to be able to continue working and to be able to give away what I earn to some very good causes here in the Southwest.

On why he has donated $600 million to selected charities. I simply decided I had enough money.

Pure philanthropy is very well in its way but philanthropy plus five percent is a good deal better.

Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.

'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.

If I had not played basketball and made the millions of dollars that I had made, I would never have been able to build a hospital in Congo. It started in 1997, and 10 years later I was able to unveil the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, named after my mother, in my hometown outside of Kinshasa. It was such a blessing.

Jessica Jackley has a gift for making people want to fork over their cash. To total strangers. Far, far away.

I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.

Today, we don't blink an eye when the world's wealthiest individuals donate enormous sums of money to charitable causes. In fact, we expect them to do so.

I launched Chefs for Humanity, a national nonprofit, with my voice, heart and money from my own pocket. Money gives you the ability to make a difference in the world and, when used in a positive way, is a lot of fun.

Traditional charity is still fairly focused on how it makes donors feel as opposed to outcomes for people that need help.

I hope that by joining The Giving Pledge, it will encourage others to do the same.

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

For us, my wife and I and all of my partners believe that corporations have to be corporate citizens, and individuals who benefit from them, or who have built them, need to give back.

I've been a grant seeker all my life, but when I apply for one and get it, that means someone else doesn't. I didn't want to be a part of that anymore. I wanted to contribute to that pool and make it bigger.

I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.

It's hard to be a good philanthropist in China.

My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.

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.

I have been able to travel all over the country and see many places that I probably never would have visited. I have also participated in many charity events for worthy causes.