10 Quotes From Famous Philanthropists

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”

-Martin Luther King Jr.

On Service…

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”

-Albert Einstein

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

-Muhammad Ali

On Giving…

“Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power…in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.”

-Erich Fromm, psychologist and philosopher

“The dead carry with them in their clutched hands only that which they have given away.”

-DeWitt Wallace, publisher, Reader’s Digest

“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.”-Maya Angelou

“Everyone has their own reasons for giving back. For us, it’s simply about making the world a more fair and equitable place…We believe everyone deserves the chance to live a healthy, productive life.”

-Bill and Melinda Gates

On Responsibility…

“So, here I am, by pure, pure luck, born at the right time, the right gender…in the right place, in a system where allocating capital pays off like crazy. I’ve got a whole bunch of stock certificates sitting there…they have no utility to me. They have all kinds of utility for the people Bill and Melinda are helping.”

-Warren Buffett

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”

-John F. Kennedy

“We rise by lifting others.”

-Robert Ingersoll

Community West Foundation is a local philanthropic organization dedicated to supporting charities that provide the basic needs of food, clothing, shelter and medical care to the most needy in and around Western Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

To learn more about what we do and how you can help, visit our website, communitywestfoundation.org.

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Martin Luther King: U.S. Embassy New DelhiAlbert Einstein: Walking GeekMuhammed Ali: Shavar RossHands giving: Gates FoundationRed flowers: AphroditeMaya Angelou: York CollegeBill Gates: JurvestsonWarren Buffett: Fortune LiveJohn F. Kennedy: Night of the SwallowHelping hands: Tambako the Jaguar