Humanitarian Quotes

• Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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• We need to change society's ordering principle from economic to humanitarian values, from money as the bottom line to love as the bottom line.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love, Change, Money

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from May 26, 2013

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• Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.

  Mother Teresa

  Life, Graduation, Great Love

  Brian Kolodiejchuk, Mother Teresa (2012). “Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The revealing private writings of the Nobel Peace Prize winner”, p.34, Random House

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• We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Relationship

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1962). “Book of common sense etiquette”

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• Don't be content in your life just to do no wrong, be prepared every day to try and do some good.

  Nicholas Winton

  Life, Happiness, Happy

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• The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.

  Norman Borlaug

  Fate, Destiny, Civilization

  Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

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• Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Peace, Fall

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.178, Pan Macmillan

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• Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.

  Jeff Koons

  Art, Believe, Creativity

  Interview with Klaus Ottmann, www.jca-online.com. October 1986.

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• All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Compassion, People, Spirit

  Albert Schweitzer (1984). “The Words of Albert Schweitzer”

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• The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian.

  Daniel D. Palmer

  Men, Humanity, Suffering

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  For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.158, Pan Macmillan

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• A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.

  Irving Babbitt

  Humanity, Desire, Progress

  Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”

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• My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.

  Abdul Sattar Edhi

  Volunteer, Religion, World

  "A Life Well Lived: A Tribute to Abdul Sattar Edhi". Waqar Haider Hashmi, Pakistaniaat (A Journal of Pakistan Studies), Volume 3, No. 2, 2011.

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• For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life Is, Distinction, Religion And Politics

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

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• To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a day can do it.

  Betty Williams

  Kindness, Differences, Making A Difference

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  Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

  Nelson Mandela

  Men, Justice, Overcoming

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian

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• The question shouldn't be what we ought to do, but what we can do.

  Rory Stewart

  International Relations, Interventionism, Ought

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• I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in.

  Gregory Peck

  Believe, Embarrassed, Activity

  "Gregory Peck - the 'Decent Man of Hollywood'" by Richard Alleyne, www.telegraph.co.uk. June 13, 2003.

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• Isn't that why we're put on this earth to begin with, to make it a better place? It's not a religious quest; it's a humanitarian one.

  Simone Elkeles

  Religious, Quests, Earth

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Rules of Attraction”, Simon and Schuster

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• The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Justice, Guarantees, Protection

  Aung San Suu Kyi (1995). “Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings”, p.185, Penguin UK

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• Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

  Samuel Ullman

  Life, Birthday, Leadership

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• Anyone who is speaking of a greater compassion, a greater humanitarian concern, is a leader paving the path we all need to follow.

  Marianne Williamson

  Compassion, Leader, Path

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Giving, World, Injustice

  McCall's, Volume 116, p. 733, 1988.

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• Give young people a chance, our generation may just surprise you.

  Marc Kielburger

  Our Generation, People, Giving

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