Quotes by Philanthropists - Page 7

So, many years later there were many who still complained and questioned, ‘Why must you pick up Christians and Hindus in your ambulance?’ And I was saying, ‘Because the ambulance is more Muslim than you’.
Abdul Sattar Edhi
No religion is higher than humanity.
Abdul Sattar Edhi
Empty words and long praises do not impress God. Show Him your faith by your deeds
Abdul Sattar Edhi
We're starting our own religion at last. The Order of Frisbeetarians. We believe that when you die, your soul ascends to a rooftop and you can never get it back.
Bono
Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There`s a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
Bill Gates
Christians are hard to tolerate I don’t know how Jesus does it
Bono
You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time." It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou on the Oprah show, not Oprah herself. I had heard it before but it was on Oprah's show again 1-7-09 and she said Maya had said it.
Oprah Winfrey
If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.
Warren Buffett
There's no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
Bono
The dead has only one place to go… up. Wherever you bury them, they will go the same way, up
Abdul Sattar Edhi
A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.
Oprah Winfrey
Hope is something that can never be taken from you unless you allow someone to take it. If you never lose hope, you will never truly be poor.
John M. Simmons
If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.
Oprah Winfrey
To be successful, look for the job you will take if you don't need a job
Warren Buffett
The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.
Oprah Winfrey
Every action, thought and feeling is motivated by an intention, and that intention is a cause that exists as one with an effect. If we participate in the cause, it is not possible for us not to participate in the effect. In this most profound way, we are held responsible for our every action, thought, and feeling which is to say, for our every intention…it is therefore, wise for us to become aware of the many intentions that inform our experience, to sort out which intentions produce which effects, and to choose our intentions according to the effects that we desire to produce.
Oprah Winfrey
Finding your purpose isn't enough. the challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose.
Mark Zuckerberg
Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell
Oprah Winfrey
to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running
Richard Branson
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
Charlie Munger
This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious living, shunning display or extravagance; to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent on him; and, after doing so, to consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer, and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgement, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community--the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience, and ability to administer, doing for them better than they would or could do for themselves.
Andrew Carnegie
Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.
Oprah Winfrey
All pain is the same.
Oprah Winfrey
Real success in the kingdom of God is not about being strong and looking good and knowing all the right answers. It's about continually yielding oneself to Jesus and determining to take purposeful little steps of obedience, and the ragged reality that it's all about God and His grace at work in us.
Mary Beth Chapman
When you have money in hand,only you forget who are you .But when you do not have any money in your hand,the whole world forget who you are.It's life.
Bill Gates
Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
George Soros
Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.
Oprah Winfrey
You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.
Oprah Winfrey
In the mist of Difficulty lies Opportunity.
Oprah Winfrey
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
Oprah Winfrey
Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.
Kevin Durant
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Bill Gates
You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
Oprah Winfrey
Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.
Oprah Winfrey
I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.
Oprah Winfrey
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.
Oprah Winfrey
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Oprah Winfrey
Life is not fair get used to used to it
Bill Gates
Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.
Bono
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the mext moment
Oprah Winfrey
We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
Oprah Winfrey
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Bill Gates
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Oprah Winfrey
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Oprah Winfrey
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Oprah Winfrey
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough
Oprah Winfrey
You can have it all. Just not all at once.
Oprah Winfrey
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
Oprah Winfrey