John D. Rockefeller Quotes

Giving is a universal opportunity. Regardless of your age, profession, religion, income bracket, and background, you have the capacity to create change.

I think after a certain amount, I’m going to give almost everything I have to charity. What else can you do with it? You can't spend it, even if you try. I've been trying.

There is no right or wrong way of giving. People in Los Angeles have made major contributions in different ways to the city: Eli Broad to art. David Geffen to hospitals. I'm not judgmental.

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.

I'm always impressed by how compassionate the gaming community can be when they have a cause and appreciate that they leverage our platform to raise money for those in need. We continue to encourage giving in support of important causes, including Extra Life 2012.

I've always believed that it's important to give something back to the world and community.

During 'Jersey Boys,' I discovered one of the most rewarding ways to use your goodwill is to motivate fans and friends into lending support to charity.

I have always been generous because I know that I have done well in life and I believe it is part of my duty to give back. So I am always been philanthropic.

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

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.

Philanthropy has always been something that I've been kind of interested in because I think it was instilled at a very young age through my parents.

Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.

I'm incredibly fortunate and it's important to me to make sure that I give back where I can.

It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are.

I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me.

Defer not charities till death; for certainly, if a man weigh it rightly, he that doth so is rather liberal of another man's than of his own.

What we did was to try and exploit that spirit [the idea of giving], which was there even before I approached individual South Africans [to give to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund]. I think we must start from that angle.

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

Philanthropy is in the DNA of my family.

Sometimes you have to put back in the community.

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.'

For over 35 years, I've been making charitable donations anonymously.

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

I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.