Quotes On Charity And Humanitarian Efforts

[Admin]

I came across some quotes on the topic of charity and humanitarianism, and thought I would share a few.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”
~ Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activist and clergyman

“If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.”
~ Mother Teresa, founder of The Missionaries of Charity

“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and civil rights leader

“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.”
~ Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa

Everyone in this life has a purpose, a gift, that is unique to them, where they can help humanity. And really, is not this the Gospel, to do good to others?

[Admin]

“A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.”
~ Nelson Mandela

“Optimism doesn’t mean that you are blind to the reality of the situation. It means that you remain motivated to seek a solution to whatever problems arise.”
~ The Dalai Lama

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi

[Daughter of Yeshua]

"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."
~ Martin Luther King Jr.

"The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer."
~ Mahatma Gandhi

"If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble."
~ Bob Hope

[Amy]

2 Nephi, chapter IX, page 96,
"Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help ? and where will ye leave your glory ? Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger ie not turned away, but his hand stretched out still."

I guess this is more of a warning than an encouragement.

[Amy]

Isaiah 40:29 KJV
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

This is what God does, therefore this is what we should do.