Charity Work Quotes

• You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity.

  Samuel Johnson

  Giving, Charity, Pay

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1866). “The Life of Samuel Johnson”, p.33

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• With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.

  Abraham Lincoln

  God, Business, Work

  Second Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1865

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• With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Military, Giving, Civil War

  Second Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1865

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• While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

  Chinua Achebe

  Real, Lying, Compassion

  FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Dec 17, 2011

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• Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Civil War, Charity

  Second Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1865

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• There's nothing more rewarding than making a difference doing charity work or being able to be there for a friend.

  Michael Ealy

  Differences, Making A Difference, Charity

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• People love me or hate me and all I think about is the people that I know and suffer with different causes and carry on my charity work and that's what keeps me alive really.

  Heather Mills

  Hate, Thinking, People

  Interview with Andrew Castle, www.mirror.co.uk. April 11, 2008.

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• I've always thought of myself as a role model even before being a 'celebrity.' I've always been doing charity work and volunteering in the community since I was 8, so when you do that, I think you just assume that role when you put yourself out there.

  Eva Longoria

  Thinking, Volunteer, Role Models

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• I do as much charity work as I can and that my family life will allow. I do believe charity begins at home and the more we focus on our families, the better they will be.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Believe, Home, Focus

  "Jamie Lee Curtis Interview YOU AGAIN". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 24, 2010.

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• I don't think we should judge celebrities for doing charity work. Period. Whatever their reasons for doing it, they are shedding light on issues that would otherwise go unnoticed.

  Liya Kebede

  Thinking, Light, Issues

  "More Than a Pretty Face: Liya Kebede". Interview with Julia Savacool, www.marieclaire.com. May 14, 2007.

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• It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music.

  John Mayer

  People, Done, Charity

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The big thing that Moneypenny changed was the amount of charity work that I was able to be involved with.

  Samantha Bond

  Charity, Able, Bigs

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• I want to make the most out of the word ‘fame.’ I want to do good things with my fame, or whatever it is. I want to help and do charity work. There’s something going on in Chile right now with the water, so I think I’m going to down there in a month to help out. My grandfather worked with charities his whole entire life, and we grew up living with him. He always told me about the other side of the world and everything that’s going on.

  Ali Lohan

  Thinking, Water, Grandfather

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• I have a lot of charity work I'm into right now, and selling my Chakalates - supporting that whole effort.

  Chaka Khan

  Effort, Charity, Selling

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• That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good.

  Maria Menounos

  Selfish, Feel Good, Charity

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like a challenge. I need to feel passionate about something. If I'm not passionate about it, I can't stand it. It has to feel real. DJ'ing, touring, charity work - anything.

  Tiesto

  Real, Challenges, Needs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel.

  Joel Osteen

  Believe, Teaching, Humble

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• I'm stoned on my music. I'm intoxicated by my joyful calendar between the tours, and the hunting, and the charity work, and the family time, and just my lifestyle living on a ranch in Texas and back when I lived on my ranch in Michigan. It's the epitome of individual independence, self-sufficiency, hands-on, earthly celebration and we tour every summer like complete animals.

  Ted Nugent

  Summer, Hunting, Animal

  Source: hardrockhaven.net

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• I don't want to be a celebrity who's trying to like say, «look at this charity work I'm doing».

  Natalie Portman

  Trying, Looks, Charity

  "Natalie Portman on Her New Role: Giving Women Hope". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 25, 2011.

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• For me, I grew up in a house doing charity work for homeless people, and my parents had a lot of homeless friends. We were always taught to not discriminate and not judge.

  Shenae Grimes

  People, Judging, House

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• Doing charity work is always cool. It's always a good thing.

  Lee DeWyze

  Charity, Good Things

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• I do a lot of stuff. I mean, you know, charity work.

  Sylvia Browne

  Mean, Charity, Stuff

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• Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.

  David Boreanaz

  Children, Growing Up, Dad

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• Charity work shouldn't be bragged about. It's just something you're supposed to do...I do it because I feel like that's what God wanted me to do. It's as simple as that.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Motivation, Simple, Charity

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• And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around. Take money...and give it to charity. Work in a soup kitchen. Be a Big Brother or Sister...You want to do well, but if you do not do good too, then doing well will never be enough.

  Arthur Balfour

  Brother, Soup Kitchens, Giving

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