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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men (and women) to do nothing,” (quote attributed to multiple sources, including Edmund Burke)
“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread,” Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
“If your religion does not change you, then you should change your religion,” Elbert Hubbard.
“Pure and undefiled religion is to care for orphans and widows in their distress," James 1:27 (bible).
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted,” Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me,” Matthew 25:35-36.
“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me,” Matthew 25:40.
“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving,” Amy Carmichael.
“If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one,” Mother Teresa.
“Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right,” Henry Ford (1863-1947).
“He is rich who hath enough to be charitable,” Thomas Browne (1605 – 82) English author.
“It is more blessed to give than to receive,” Acts 20:35 (Bible)
“Integrity, respect, compassion, and fairness become obstacles to people who think winning is everything,” Michael Josephson.
"He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God," Proverbs 14:31 (bible).
“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 68) U.S. civil rights leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
“The more good I do, the more money has come in. You have to learn to give. You're not born to give. You're born selfish.” Ted Turner (b. 1938) U.S. media mogul and philanthropist.
"Blessed is he who is kind to the needy," Proverbs 14:21 (bible).
"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The fact that we can't solve all the problems of the world does not absolve us of the responsibility of solving the ones we can." Bob Macauley, Founder & Chairman of Americares.
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." Anne Frank.
"You look at these kids...thousands and thousands of kids...and you stop and think, how can you not care?" Curtis R. Welling, President & CEO of Americares.
“Ethics doesn’t require us to ignore our self-interests or demand a life of self-sacrifice. It requires that we know the difference between what we want and what we should do,” Michael Josephson.
“Ethics is not for wimps. It’s not easy being a good person. That’s why it’s such a lofty goal and an admirable achievement,” Michael Josephson
“There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.” French Proverb.
“Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it,” Albert Schweitzer.
“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s tougher to make a difference,” Tom Brokaw.
“But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly," Matthew 6:3-4 (bible).
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well," Ralph Waldo Emerson.
“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self,” Aristotle.
"Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better." George Santayana.
“A person starts to live when he can live outside himself,” Albert Einstein.
“Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country,” John F. Kennedy
“It is better to hold out a hand than to point a finger,” unknown.
“The search for someone to blame is always successful,” Robert Half.
“Give what you have; to some it may be better than you dare to think,” unknown.
“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and the wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these,” Bob Goddard.
“Charity sees the need, not the cause,” unknown
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
“He who wants to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. Life is made up of little things. True greatness consists in being great in little things.” Charles Simmons
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions," unknown.
"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish..." John 6:9 (Biblle - Jesus then miraculously multiplied them to feed multitudes)
“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity,” Albert Einstein (1879-1955).
“Men have become the tools of their tools,” Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).
“It requires less character to discover the faults of others than it does to tolerate them,” J. Petit Senn.
“The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds ceases to be charity and is only pride and ostentation,” Hutton.
“If you haven't got charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble,” Bob Hope.
“Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous,” Thomas Browne.
“Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there,” Phillips Brooks.
“The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; But in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it,” Francis Bacon.
“When you love you should not say, 'God is in my heart,' but rather, 'I am in the heart of God.' And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course,” Kahlil Gibran. "The purpose of life is not to be happy (happiness without any purpose). It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well," Ralph Waldo Emerson
"No one has learned the meaning of life until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow men," Beran Wolfe
“Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him,” Psalm 126:5-6.
"God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars (of sacrifice for the sake of fellow humanity)," Elbert Hubbard.
"There are too many people, and too few human beings," Robert Zend.
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” Jimi Hendrix
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” Albert Pike (American Lawyer, Journalist and Soldier, 1809-1891)
"There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life." Sister Mary Rose McGeady
"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?" George Eliot
"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least." Johann Goethe
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him, his own." -Benjamin Disraeli
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." - Mother Teresa
Make no judgments where you have no compassion," Anne McCaffrey
"The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away," Dr. Wayne Dyer
"Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need," Barbara Kingsolver
True possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.” Andre Gide
He who desires naught (nothing) will always be free,” E. R. Lefebure
Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can - No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man. - John Lennon
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts, of life are not only dispensable, but hindrances to the elevation of mankind. - Henry David Thoreau
"Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special regard to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you," Saint Augustine
"Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for," David Starr Jordan
“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God,” Leo Buscaglia.
“What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God,” Eleanor Powell.
The person who isn't interested in his fellow beings has the greatest difficulties in life and also creates the greatest damage to others. Alfred Adler.
“Only a life lived for others is worth living” Albert Einstein
"Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead," St. John Chrysostom
“This is a call to those who know what it means to share food and shelter...to face destruction and to rise again and build from the ruins of life,” Algernon Black
"In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain (as long as it was done out of love, not personal glory)," Frederick William Robertson.
"Most men pray for power, the strength to do things. Few people pray for love, the quality to be someone." Robert D. Foster
If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are," James Allen
"The true value of human life is determined by the extent to which it is used to help others," Val Halamandaris.
"You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it," Albert Schweitzer
“Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good..,” Teresa Sánchez Ahumada.
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph," Haile Selassie
"No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world," Bernard M. Baruch (1870-1965, American financier). Quotes compiled by Eric Gondwe, founder of Jesus Work Ministry ♥ List of Charities ♥ Tips on Supporting Charities ♥ AIDS Effects ♥ Orphan Crisis Solutions
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