Quotes About Charity

Holiday shopping can be tough: sometimes you don't know what to get a person; sometimes you really do just want to help those in need.

Giving back is very important to me, especially during the holiday season.

I think ultimately to be able help with the holidays for somebody who might be a little less fortunate I think is the main thing and the best part of all.

I got involved in 2003, 2004, with a company called Dance4Life out of Holland.

I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.

Even when we were little, we were always helping, going to feed the homeless, community drives, that type of stuff.

Mainly, I have actually been getting involved with an organization called MALDEF. It's a Latino organization. And I would like to get involved with charities that have to do with children or homelessness or education, or all of them together.

My father worked for a children's home called Dr. Barnardo's Homes. They're a charity.

And when I get famous, I want to donate to people who don't have homes, jobs, anything.

I took it upon myself to give back to my 'hood.

I became convinced that there was greater satisfaction from giving my money away and seeing something come out of the ground, like a hospital or a university.

I do charity work for St. Jude's Children's Hospital and the USO. I made all the money I'm ever going to need - all my family is every going to need - so I try to give back to the community.

I have a festival called Shaggy and Friends, which is a charity event to raise funds for a hospital.

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

A part of me would like to see the money go to hospitals or housing, but I have benefited so greatly from funding for the National Theatre, which has been incredible.

Money has changed today's black athletes. Those who have the ability as African men to bring a change in a community that so desperately needs it are concentrating only on their own careers, some charities and how much money they can make.

The goal isn't how much money you make, but how much you help people.

You don't want to hear about how much money I donate to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America or to AIDS awareness or to give out scholarships. You don't want to hear about that.

Some people, no matter how much money they have, they want to keep it for themselves.

Humanitarian work is something I've felt from very young, and I'm going to do that for sure.

There's a great satisfaction in humanitarian work.

I like to think of myself as a humanitarian.

I'd love to do something in a more humanitarian context. I think it will come to me.

Habitat for Humanity is making Cleveland better every day.