Good Causes Quotes

• I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Patience, Perseverance, Secret

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2041, Manonmani Publishers

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• It is the good war that hallows every cause.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  War, Causes, Good War

  Friedrich Nietzsche, Graham Parkes (2008). “Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and Nobody”, p.42, Oxford University Press

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• A good cause has to be careful of the company it keeps.

  Rebecca West

  Causes, Be Careful, Company

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• Every good cause is worth some inefficiency.

  Paul Samuelson

  Causes, Environment, Very Good

  "An Elder Challenges Outsourcing's Orthodoxy" by Steve Lohr, www.nytimes.com. September 9, 2004.

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• It takes more than clicking like for a good cause to change the world.

  Michael Oh

  World, Causes, Changing The World

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• Drop this mean and sordid and selfish devotion to the saving of your shabby little souls, and hunt up something to do that's got some dignity to it! Risk your souls! Risk them in good causes; then if you lose them, why should you care? Reform!

  Mark Twain

  Selfish, Mean, Soul

  Mark Twain (2004). “The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories”, p.108, Penguin

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• It is my hope that everyone's valiant efforts will have a ripple effect that will carry us forth into a fairer future. 'The arc of the moral universe is long,' said Martin Luther King Jr., 'but it bends toward justice.' And because I have been witness to so many people who lent their support to this good cause, I am lifted up by them -- lifted up so high that I can see the end of that arc.

  Prince Gomolvilas

  Kings, Justice, Long

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• I know you think my life is good 'cause my diamond piece,
  But my life been good since I started finding peace.

  Nas

  Rap, Life Is Good, Thinking

  Song: Loco-Motive, 2012

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• Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.

  Eugene V. Debs

  Earth, Causes, Be True To Yourself

  Eugene V. Debs' anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio (June 16, 1918), as quoted in The Call Magazine, www.marxists.org. 1918.

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• For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

  Publilius Syrus

  Causes, Virtuous, Wrongdoing

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 207,

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• People will work eight hours a day for pay, 10 hours a day for a good boss, and 24 hours a day for a good cause!

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivation, Eight, People

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• There is no greater satisfaction for a just and well-meaning person than the knowledge that he has devoted his best energies to the service of the good cause.

  Albert Einstein

  Self Esteem, Satisfaction, Causes

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.38, Open Road Media

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• I've auctioned off many scripts and will continue to do so for good causes.

  Claudia Christian

  Christian, Scripts, Causes

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• When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Causes, Certain, Dies

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2778, Manonmani Publishers

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• Every risk is worth taking as long as it's for a good cause, and contributes to a good life.

  Richard Branson

  Good Life, Long, Risk

  FaceBook post by Richard Branson from Oct 02, 2012

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• You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for a really good cause.

  Russell Baker

  Smile, Opportunity, Feel Good

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• It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out.

  Jeff Ament

  Ukulele, Causes, Figuring It

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• I don’t show my body for a good cause... if one day in a concert I pull down my pants, I would leave without job to those reporters who say I’m a woman

  Bill Kaulitz

  Jobs, One Day, Body

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• The English are very proud of their Parliament, and week in, week out, century after century, they have pretty good cause to be.

  Martha Gellhorn

  Proud, Causes, Week

  Martha Gellhorn (2015). “The View From The Ground”, p.130, Granta Books

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• Feel good about linking hands in human chain for good causes.

  Russell Baker

  Hands, Feel Good, Causes

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• The great thing is these days I no longer have to work for a living and that all of the things that I'm able to do where money is paid as compensation for whatever it be, I'm able to donate all of that to charity. That's a wonderful position to find yourself in at the latest stages of your life and I'm proud to have walked the path that I have and I'm proud to be able to continue working and to be able to give away what I earn to some very good causes here in the Southwest.

  Robin Leach

  Giving, Finding Yourself, Charity

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• Finding a good cause is incredibly hard and time-consuming.

  Craig Newmark

  Causes, Consuming, Findings

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• Debt robs a man of much of the energy and support which he is otherwise able to give to the church and to other good causes.

  Stephen L. Richards

  Men, Giving, Support

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• If I lose my life in a good cause I am willing to be sacrificed on the altar of virtue, righteousness and truth, in maintaining the laws and Constitution of the United States, if need be, for the general good of mankind.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Freedom, America, Law

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