Philanthropist Quotes

54 quotes in this collection

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. A profound reflection on strategy, value, and corporate growth."

-- John D. Rockefeller

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. A profound reflection on strategy, value, and corporate growth."

-- John D. Rockefeller

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. Words of determination tailored for relentless professionals."

-- John D. Rockefeller

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. Words of determination tailored for relentless professionals."

-- John D. Rockefeller

"If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small."

-- Azim Premji

"If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small."

-- Azim Premji

"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity."

-- Plato

"Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity."

-- Plato

"Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10% to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated."

-- Bill Gates

"Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10% to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated."

-- Bill Gates

"I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition."

-- Bill Gates

"I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition."

-- Bill Gates

"I wish I wasn't [the world's richest man]. There's nothing good that comes out of that."

-- Bill Gates

"I wish I wasn't [the world's richest man]. There's nothing good that comes out of that."

-- Bill Gates

"I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars... But once you get much beyond that, it's the same hamburger."

-- Bill Gates

"I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars... But once you get much beyond that, it's the same hamburger."

-- Bill Gates

"Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do."

-- Bill Gates

"Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do."

-- Bill Gates

"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG."

-- Bill Gates

"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG."

-- Bill Gates

"There is a certain responsibility that accrued to me when I got to this unexpected position."

-- Bill Gates

"There is a certain responsibility that accrued to me when I got to this unexpected position."

-- Bill Gates

"A fundamental new rule for business is that the Internet changes everything."

-- Bill Gates

"A fundamental new rule for business is that the Internet changes everything."

-- Bill Gates

"I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view."

-- Bill Gates

"I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view."

-- Bill Gates

"We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior."

-- Bill Gates

"We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior."

-- Bill Gates

"When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it."

-- Bill Gates

"When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it."

-- Bill Gates

"Don't make the same decision twice. Spend time and thought to make a solid decision the first time."

-- Bill Gates

"Don't make the same decision twice. Spend time and thought to make a solid decision the first time."

-- Bill Gates

"Some people may call me a nerd. I claim the label with pride."

-- Bill Gates

"Some people may call me a nerd. I claim the label with pride."

-- Bill Gates

"Automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency."

-- Bill Gates

"Automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency."

-- Bill Gates

"We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering."

-- Bill Gates

"We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering."

-- Bill Gates

"I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one."

-- Bill Gates

"I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one."

-- Bill Gates

"Only through focus can you do world-class things, no matter how capable you are."

-- Bill Gates

"Only through focus can you do world-class things, no matter how capable you are."

-- Bill Gates

"We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve."

-- Bill Gates

"We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve."

-- Bill Gates

"If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty."

-- Bill Gates

"If geek means you're willing to study things, and if you think science and engineering matter, I plead guilty."

-- Bill Gates

"Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point."

-- Bill Gates

"Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point."

-- Bill Gates