Best 357 quotes in «humanitarian quotes» category

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

For anybody that works in any kind of demining or any kind of humanitarian aid work, there is danger and it's always a high-risk area [in Cambodia].

Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion.

Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions. Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp.

I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in humanitarian work. It's the least one can do.

I don't want to beat people over the head with my political views. It's more about the humanitarian aspect of it.

Humanitarian assistance and exchanges are still allowed, even under the sanctions regime on North Korea. Therefore, in parallel with sanctions and pressure, we must also employ humanitarian assistance. The meeting of separated families is also a measure to ensure human rights.

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.

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.

I condemn the entry of a Russian so-called humanitarian convoy into Ukrainian territory without the consent of the Ukrainian authorities and without any involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

I shall die as I have lived, rationalist, socialist, pacifist, and humanitarian.

It's a great humanitarian injustice. Their families are here and they've been here. It's long past time for them to be reunited.

I see this as my humanitarian legacy. We're prepared to pay billions.

My experiences there truly defined who I am to this day as far as my humanitarian work because I was a refugee in Albania.

Peter Norman is a humanitarian, and I say "is" because in my life, Peter Norman is never deceased. He's always going to live with me.

I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues.

Liberals love to strike generous, humanitarian poses with other people's lives.

President-elect [Donald] Trump has promised a safe zone, a humanitarian zone [in Syria].

Our national leaders tend to try to protect the national interest as they see it. They may screw up in that, but they at least see that as their role. In contrast, where issues of our national values are involved, which covers pretty much any humanitarian issue, they pretty much drop the ball.

No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked.

The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't.

The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern.

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.

The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.

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

Remember, imperialism is always presented as humanitarian: the white man's burden, the cross going round the world, the poor benighted natives, the sun never sets. . . So you have to be very careful about humanitarianism.

The other thing we did as government is to open gates for the civilians to leave that [ eastern part] area [in Aleppo], and at the same time for the humanitarian convoys and help to go through those gates inside that part of Aleppo, but the terrorists publicly refused any solution, so they wanted to keep the situation as it is.

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

There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.

The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.

When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.

Unfortunately, the greater the humanitarian outreach, the greater the violence required to achieve it.

Why do we have to be a military superpower? Why can't we be a humanitarian superpower?

Act with conscience and all will be well for humanity. And even when it's not well, we'll have each other to share our burdens. In the end, isn't it all that matters, that we are not alone in the vastness of the universe, that we have each other to hold, each day, every day, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death make us dust!

A few lion-hearts must sacrifice their life, forgetting fame, fun and fortune, so that the rest of humanity can live.

We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one.

Abandon all segregation, ye who read me.

Abandon the ceremonies and become an Awakened Soul – a soul that sees no color but the color of joy – no religion but the religion of love – no language but the language of compassion. Become compassionate my friend – become brave my friend! That is true religion. There is nothing else.

Acceptance is religion, sectarianism is blasphemy.

A civilized society should mean non-judgmental communication - it should mean warm interconnection - it should mean shared psychology - it should mean a true psychological singularity. The world needs psychological singularity, that is oneness among humans, not some pompous biotechnological singularity.

Act beyond reward - think beyond dogmas - and feel beyond differences.

Action is life and non-action is death.

A hand - a hand with a gentle serenity - a hand with a pious unity - a hand with a caring amity - a hand with a human purity - is the need of this world.

Agony is a fundamental companion in progress

Agony can bring greatness out of a person, but in the process, the person has to walk barefoot on red-hot coal while bleeding from all over the being.

Alcohol, smoking, God, all these are means for the common human to escape the reality.

A humanitarian seldom makes a good lover. For a lover’s world revolves around their lover, while a humanitarian’s world revolves around the world.

All humans are given a guideline of individual freedom, and are conditioned to live within the guideline. And it is this sense of illusory obedience that defines the freedom of humans in a community, not the individual sense of responsibility. And that's where all the trouble begins. The world cannot be made humane and peaceful, unless the humans begin to redefine, recognize and realize their freedom based on their innate sense of responsibility towards their society, instead of being driven by obedience like racehorses.