Gunther Schuller Quotes

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

My only regret about money is that I don't have more to give away.

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.

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 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.

Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money.

More money gives me the chance to help more people, to give something back.

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 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.

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.

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.

No one can complain about earning good money, but for me, it's being able to help my family out, put my brother and sister through school, take my family on holiday. That's where I get the biggest buzz, not buying a pair of £500 shoes.

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

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.

A rich man can afford to be generous to many.

The goal isn't how much money you make, but how much you help people.

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

In our family, where we began with no money, we like to say that we have discovered that God invented money so those who have it can help others.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have their 'Giving Pledge,' where billionaires promise to give away the majority of their wealth when they die. My Social Security Pledge is better - to give money to good causes when you are alive. Besides, more Americans can participate.

I've achieved a certain amount of success and now I'm thinking about the good things I can do.

Meeting people who want to start a charity, help out their families, or raise money for a good cause has been really fun.

I always thought that I would spend the first half of my life making money so I can spend the second half of my life giving it all away. And one of the defining moments of my life was when I realized that I could do both at the same time with TOMS.