Blueprint Fundraising » Quotations http://blueprintfundraising.com Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:06:46 +0000 en hourly 1 Thought for the day http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2009/11/02/thought-for-the-day/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2009/11/02/thought-for-the-day/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:30:23 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.com/?p=989 “It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2009/11/02/thought-for-the-day/feed/ 0 A thought for Earth Day http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2009/04/22/a-thought-for-earth-day/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2009/04/22/a-thought-for-earth-day/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:41:34 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2009/04/22/a-thought-for-earth-day/ green_earth_headlineimage.jpg “There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”

-– Marshall McLuhan

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2009/04/22/a-thought-for-earth-day/feed/ 0 Quotation: Teach them to long… http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/10/04/quotation-teach-them-to-long/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/10/04/quotation-teach-them-to-long/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:44:18 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/10/04/quotation-teach-them-to-long/ Sunset seaIf you want to build a ship,
don’t herd people together to collect wood
And don’t assign them tasks and work
but rather, teach them to long for the
endless immensity of the sea.

– Antoine de Saint Exupéry
Sunset seaI absolutely love this quote. It’s so pertinent to fundraising. How many of us focus on the how-to details and forget to feed a passion for social change in the people sympathetic our causes?

Spotted on the Gift Hub blog. Photo by wili hybrid.

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/10/04/quotation-teach-them-to-long/feed/ 0 116 years later, we are still annoying http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/09/11/116-years-later-we-are-still-annoying/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/09/11/116-years-later-we-are-still-annoying/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:28:48 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/09/11/116-years-later-we-are-still-annoying/ Oscar Wilde Hello friends! What a summer I’ve had. I haven’t actually been away ever since my last posting but you know how this time of year is… I hope your summer was relaxing and that you are tackling your fall fundraising with a feeling of refreshment.

I’m excited! I can’t quite say why, except maybe my time off really did its job. Lake Anne was wonderful. And my first (but not last) trip to Burning Man was amazing! I might blog about it from the perspective of Masterful Management of an Insane Special Event Involving 45,000 Unusual People and Lots of Fire.

Meanwhile, here’s something my partner Andy came across whilst doing some summer reading.

Have people been really complaining of donor fatigue since 1891? The answer is yes.

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde:

‘Humph! Tell your Aunt Agatha, Harry, not to bother me anymore with her charity appeals. I am sick of them. Why, the good woman thinks I have nothing to do but write cheques for her silly fads.’

‘All right, Uncle George, I’ll tell her, but it won’t have any effect. Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.’

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/09/11/116-years-later-we-are-still-annoying/feed/ 2 Quotation: The good news is… http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/05/14/quotation-the-good-news-is/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/05/14/quotation-the-good-news-is/#comments Tue, 15 May 2007 01:50:04 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/05/14/quotation-the-good-news-is/ Fire This is cute.

“I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it’s still out there in your pockets.”

Spotted on The Extreme Fundraising Blog.

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2007/05/14/quotation-the-good-news-is/feed/ 1 Quotation: Righting the wrongs of the 80s http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/11/20/quotation-righting-the-wrongs-of-the-80s/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/11/20/quotation-righting-the-wrongs-of-the-80s/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:12:37 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/11/20/quotation-righting-the-wrongs-of-the-80s/ 80s

It’s gonna cost more than a million…

“Do you really want to know why I’m doing all this goodwill, and why I’m an ambassador for Habitat for Humanity and why I gave a million to (Hurricane) Katrina?

“It’s because I feel guilty about the huge hole in the ozone layer my haircuts created. It’s my responsibility to right the wrongs of the ’80s.”

- Jon Bon Jovi

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/11/20/quotation-righting-the-wrongs-of-the-80s/feed/ 0 Quotation: What is the use of living… http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/09/15/quotation-what-is-the-use/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/09/15/quotation-what-is-the-use/#comments Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:46:08 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/08/30/quotation-what-is-the-use/ Cow“What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?”

– Winston Churchill

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/09/15/quotation-what-is-the-use/feed/ 0 Quotation: I can live for two weeks… http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/09/06/quotation-i-can-live-for-two-weeks/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/09/06/quotation-i-can-live-for-two-weeks/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:03:11 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.baremetal.com/the-fundit/2006/08/30/quotation-i-can-live-for-two-weeks/ Little jumper

“I can live for two weeks on a good compliment.” – Mark Twain

When was the last time you told a volunteer how much you appreciate them?

Free by Joy Coffman

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/09/06/quotation-i-can-live-for-two-weeks/feed/ 0 Quotation: One generation plants the trees… http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/04/06/quotation-one-generation-plants-the-trees/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/04/06/quotation-one-generation-plants-the-trees/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:51:50 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.baremetal.com/the-fundit/2006/04/06/quotation-one-generation-plants-the-trees/ Blank

Shade“One generation plants the trees, the other gets the shade.” - Chinese proverb, found on a note card published by Volunteer Vancouver

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/04/06/quotation-one-generation-plants-the-trees/feed/ 0 Quotation: the give-nots http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/03/27/quotation-the-give-nots/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/03/27/quotation-the-give-nots/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:14:58 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.baremetal.com/the-fundit/2006/03/27/quotation-the-give-nots/ Blank

The main problem is not the haves and the have-nots — it’s the give-nots. - Arnold H. Glasow

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/03/27/quotation-the-give-nots/feed/ 0 Quotation: Generosity is… http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/03/21/quotation-generosity-is/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/03/21/quotation-generosity-is/#comments Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:40:13 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.baremetal.com/the-fundit/2006/03/21/quotation-generosity-is/ Blank

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do. - Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/03/21/quotation-generosity-is/feed/ 0 Quotation: It is possible… http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/03/13/quotation-it-is-possible/ http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/03/13/quotation-it-is-possible/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:25:17 +0000 Andrea Seale http://blueprintfundraising.baremetal.com/the-fundit/2006/03/13/quotation-it-is-possible/ I’m starting a new category: quotes on philanthropy and fundraising. If there are any quotes that you like, please email me or post them as comments.

It is possible to give freely and become more wealthy, but those who are stingy will lose everything. The generous prosper and are satisfied; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. – Proverbs 11:24-25

Via True Wealth Report

]]> http://blueprintfundraising.com/the-fundit/2006/03/13/quotation-it-is-possible/feed/ 0