Jonathan Sacks Quotes

Whether it is a super PAC or not, I have been blessed with wealth, and I think I have responsibility to use it properly.

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.

I firmly believe that to whom much is given, much is expected.

I have incredible wealth, and I think there's a great responsibility to use this position to do good stuff.

I was not only a billionaire but the richest man in Turkey. It's a great feeling, but your responsibilities increase.

It is obviously no secret that I earn a lot of money. But it is also no secret that I give most of it away. I don't live a luxurious life. I drive a small second-hand Fiat. I don't have to worry about money, which is itself a privilege. But I never had any anxiety that I would lose my identity.

If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?

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.

People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.

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

I think it is what you do with your wealth that is important. I don't believe in accumulating money for money's sake. It's one of the reasons I want to do more about helping women.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

My grandmother always said, 'when you receive a paycheck, you always have to put a certain amount to your savings, and 10 percent right away to charity.'

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.

A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

Wealth and power don't go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.

To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It's embedded in me.

To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required.

We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.

I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all.

Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it. You ought because you can do more good with it than you could do without it. Money printed your Bible, money builds your churches, money sends your missionaries, and money pays your preachers, and you would not have many of them, either, if you did not pay them.

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

I never thought I could enjoy all this wealth without putting it to good use.

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.

I felt very uncomfortable when I became wealthy. One of my ways of dealing with it was to give it forward right away.