In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Look at what caused people to make a lot of money and you will see that usually it is in proportion to their production of what the society wanted.
People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work.
Money motivates neither the best people, nor the best in people. It can move the body and influence the mind, but it cannot touch the heart or move the spirit; that is reserved for belief, principle, and morality.
I lived through a golden period where society felt that it was good to help people who didn't have a great deal of money fulfil their potential.
In philanthropy, many of us give a little bit and each year we give more and more to see what actually works and not just throw money out there and see if it's going to work. If the government did the same thing, fabulous.
You cannot have a society where you spend more than you earn. I mean, it's just fundamentally not viable in the long run.
In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.
I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living.
If people are going to give, they're going to give. And it doesn't matter if you give a dollar or five dollars or a hundred dollars or a million dollars; it's all according to your ability.