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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• 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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• 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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• For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

  Publilius Syrus

  Causes, Virtuous, Wrongdoing

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

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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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• 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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• I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

  Christina Aguilera

  Mind, Causes

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• Some people don't mind a little constitutional sophistry in a good cause; and for liberals, centralizing all power in the federal government is always a good cause. Since most Americans don't know or care what the Constitution says, let alone what their ancestors thought it meant, the great liberal snow job has been very successful.

  Joseph Sobran

  Jobs, Successful, Government

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• I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you spend goes to a good cause.

  Lara Spencer

  Pieces, Charity, Causes

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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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• If you are wealthy enough, use part or all of your Social Security proceeds to invest in a favorite cause or two. Invest 10 percent or 100 percent of your monthly Social Security check in your favorite charity, foundation, think tank, church or synagogue, or other good cause.

  Mark Skousen

  Thinking, Two, Church

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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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• Henceforward, I shout to the heavens, I shall deliver no more lectures on behalf of good causes: I am the good cause that denies the need for such lectures. Avaunt, importuning world! Back to my cell.

  Lewis Mumford

  Cells, Heaven, Needs

  Lewis Mumford (1979). “My works and days: a personal chronicle”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

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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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• 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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• 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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