Cherie Blair Quotes

You know, I'm not gonna take my money with me to heaven or hell, wherever I'm going. So I want to do something good with it even though my means are very limited. I'm no millionaire!

I have enjoyed the personal use of money; but I have gotten the greatest satisfaction from using it to advance my beliefs in human relations, human values.

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

I'm going to give all my money away, eventually. I don't believe in all this hand-down stuff. Even if I had kids, I don't think I'd want to give them everything.

The best way of enjoying your money is to spend it on other people. I don't need much.

Fortunately, I have money that's from my life's work. But it's money that I share and used greatly to fight poverty in my country.

The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.

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

Diana, whatever her failings, was not into making money, or as Harry and Meghan put it, financial independence.

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?

Don't hoard your wealth. Instead, live the life you want with the wealth you have been blessed with, but also make it beneficial for the good of the larger community.

My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.

Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.

Sometimes you have to put back in the community.

My goal was to be at the point - no older than 40 - where I would have enough resources to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged 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.

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

I always knew that I would give back. My mother and my father both believe you have to work hard and give back. That's why I was a volunteer firefighter, that's why I worked in a homeless shelter. I always knew I'd give back, elective office or not.

A lot of wealthy people, they don't realize they have the alternatives of spending the money for good.

I believe in giving back.

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

I'd much rather leave £2bn to charity, or £3bn or £4bn, than £1bn. That is my motivation to carry on working as hard as I do.

I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.

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