What We Believe

"Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but the seed you plant."

"Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have."

"You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you."

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

"No one has ever become poor by giving."

"It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping themselves."

"It's every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it."

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."

"Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle."

"Philanthropy is the mystical mingling of a joyous giver, an artful asker, and a grateful recipient."

"Whatever good things we build end up building us."

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

"Goodness is the only investment that never fails."

"The greatest problem with volunteers is not killing them with overwork, but simply boring them to death. Causes don't need workers as much as they need informed, dedicated and passionate advocates."

"A civilization flourishes when people plant trees under which they will never sit."

"Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone."

"What a world this would be if we just built bridges instead of walls."

"I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver."

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

"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who sought and found out how to serve."