Good Causes Quotes - Page 2

• People will justify whatever for a good cause.

  Julie Taymor

  People, Causes, Justify

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• Too many of us dissipate our energy by being 'for all good causes,' attending meetings and passing resolutions, organizing and presenting petitions — all this effort to change others, when if we really got down to it we could use this energy to change ourselves… We become tired radicals because we use our weakest weapon: the ballot box, where we are always outnumbered, and refuse to use our strongest weapon: spiritual power.

  Ammon Hennacy

  Spiritual, Tired, Effort

  Ammon Hennacy (2010). “The Book of Ammon”, p.249, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• If you get called on to help somebody pull focus to some good cause, that's good use of your fame. I don't try to avoid that.

  Morgan Freeman

  Focus, Trying, Causes

  "Morgan Freeman and Virginia Madsen Talk THE MAGIC OF BELLE ISLE, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, and Turning SIDEWAYS Into a Play". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. July 4, 2012.

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

  Craig Newmark

  Causes, Consuming, Findings

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• I feel like I know it is from my heart and God knows it is for a good cause, it is not necessary to be made public.

  Terrell Owens

  Heart, Causes, Made

  "T.O. With Terrell Owens". Interview With Victor Kelly, www.ign.com. July 8, 2004.

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• it will be objected that a constantly increasing population makes resistance and conservation a hopeless battle. this is true. unless a way is found to stabilize the nation's population, the parks can not be saved. or anything else worth a damn. wilderness preservation, like a hundred other good causes, will be forgotten under the overwhelming pressure of a struggle for mere survival and sanity in a completely urbanized, completely industrialized, ever more crowded environment. for my own part i would rather take my chances in a thermonuclear war than live in such a world.

  Edward Abbey

  War, Struggle, Survival

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• Let the words of a virgin, though in a good cause, and to as good purpose, be neither violent, many, nor first, nor last; it is less shame for a virgin to be lost in a blushing silence than to be found in a bold eloquence.

  Francis Quarles

  Silence, Purpose, Lasts

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.80

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• But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them. Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot. They all deserved to die.

  Chris Kyle

  War, Believe, Evil

  "'American Sniper' Chris Kyle Was a Good Christian Man Who Did Not 'Love War,' Says Widow Amid Film Criticism" by Benge Nsenduluka, www.christianpost.com. January 21, 2015.

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• Sometimes we are simply "blown away" and in awe by finding ourselves in the presence of God. Other times, however, even when we are participating in acts of kindness-complimenting others, writing a check to charity, donating time to a good cause-we are oblivious to the miracle of what is happening at that moment.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Kindness, Writing, Miracle

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• A Path Appears is an insightful book focused on how individuals can contribute to positive change and the remarkable people behind the organizations that make it happen. The authors' desire to motivate people to support good causes, learn about the situation in other countries, and find the best way to help their fellow men and women is inspiring.

  Angelina Jolie

  Country, Book, Men

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• I do things - whether it's donations or events for good causes or giving back to my community - for the right reason: because I want to. Because it's the best thing to do. I wanna help someone else out.

  LeSean McCoy

  Giving, Community, Events

  "Interview: LeSean McCoy Talks Chip Kelly, Kobe Bryant, & Nick Foles' Rap Knowledge". Interview with Maurice Peebles, www.complex.com. September 5, 2014.

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• Draw Dyrnwyn, only thou of noble worth, to rule with justice, to strike down evil. Who wields it in good cause shall slay even the Lord of Death.

  Lloyd Alexander

  Evil, Justice, Noble

  Lloyd Alexander (2014). “The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain”, p.149, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair.

  Roger Scruton

  Despair, Shields, Causes

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• I am always in awe of people who devote their lives to a good cause and are brave enough to take a stance, though it may be controversial in their time.

  Rebecca Pidgeon

  People, Brave, May

  "Housing Works Is Helping to Heal the Human Race" by Rebecca Pidgeon, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 14, 2014.

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• If good people would but make goodness agreeable, and smile instead of frowning in their virtue, how many they would win to the good cause.

  James Ussher

  Smile, Winning, People

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

  Claudia Christian

  Christian, Scripts, Causes

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• The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.

  Seth Godin

  Giving Money, Way, Causes

  "Thinking about money" by Seth Godin, sethgodin.typepad.com. June 30, 2013.

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• Logic invents as many fallacies as it detects; it is a good weapon, but as liable to be used in a bad as in a good cause.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Weapons, Causes, Logic

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• The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a pleasing personality: interrupting others; sarcasm; vanity; being a poor listener; insincere flattery; finding fault; challenging others without good cause; giving unsolicited advice; complaining; attitude of superiority; envy of others' success; poor posture and dress.

  Harold Geneen

  Attitude, Sarcasm, Vanity

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• Moviegoers love the intricacies of a crime all the more when it's for a good cause.

  James Surowiecki

  Causes, Crime, Intricacy

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• I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

  Christina Aguilera

  Mind, Causes

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