Organ Donation Quotes:

The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation.

- Steven Cojocaru

topic: Inspiring, Compassion, Generosity, Organ Donation

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

- Khalil Gibran

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness, Give It All You Got, Giving Love

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something

- Max Lucado

source: Max Lucado, Jenna Lucado Bishop (2010). “You Were Made to Make a Difference”, p.109, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Volunteer, Donation, Torture, Inspirational Volunteer, Organ Donation

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

- Muhammad Ali

source: Twitter post from May 26, 2010

topic: Basketball, Fighting, Helping Others, Making A Difference In The World, Social Service

So shines a good deed... in a weary world.

- Gene Wilder

topic: Shining, World, Deeds, Darkness To Light, Kindness Generosity

I think you should automatically donate your organs because that would turn the balance of organ donation in a huge way. I would donate whatever anybody would take, and I'd probably do the cremation bit.

- George Clooney

topic: Thinking, Balance, Way, Organ Donation, Cremation

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Inspirational, Life, Inspiring, Empowering Women, I Am Strong

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Class, Community, Soul, Middle Class, Organ Donation

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

- William James

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Social Good, Make Me Feel Better

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

- John Wooden

source: Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.101, Gospel Light Publications

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Kindness Generosity, Sports Leadership

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. And by the grace of God, I will.

- Edward Everett Hale

source: "Personal Quote/ Did you know?". www.imdb.com.

topic: Grace, Grace Of God, Interfere, Making A Difference In The World, Making A Living

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

- Dr. Seuss

source: The Lorax (1971)

topic: Inspirational, Life, Fun, Making A Difference In The World, Inspirational Children

Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.

- Mary Engelbreit

topic: Kindness, Heart, Standing Out, Open Heart, Organ Donation

Organ donation is very personal to me. My mother, before her death, was on kidney dialysis for several years.

- John Perez

topic: Mother, Years, Kidneys, Organ Donation, Dialysis

Facebook is really about communicating and telling stories... We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that they want to participate in this to their friends. And that can be a big part of helping solve the crisis that's out there.

- Mark Zuckerberg

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Thinking, People, Stories, Organ Donation

Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on.

- Henry Burton

topic: Kindness, Kindness And Compassion, Kindness Generosity, Acts Of Kindness, Organ Donation

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.

- Herman Melville

topic: Life, Sympathy, Beautiful, Homecoming, Spiritual Community

The first and highest law must be the love of man to man. Homo homini Deus est - this is the supreme practical maxim, this is the turning point of the world's History.

- Ludwig Feuerbach

topic: Compassion, Men, Law, Organ Donation

There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.

- Confucius

topic: Kindness, Practice, May, Reciprocity, Organ Donation

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

- Tom Brokaw

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Appreciation, Motivation, Social Good, Inspirational Charity

Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.

- Lord Chesterfield

topic: Health, Pay, Taxes, Organ Donation, Being Sick

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

- Albert Schweitzer

topic: Appreciation, Responsibility, Helping Others, Social Good, Donate

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Happy, Social Good, Loving Others

Blood is that fragile scarlet tree we carry within us.

- Osbert Sitwell

source: Osbert Sitwell (1977). “The Cruel Month”, Olympic Marketing Corp

topic: Blood, Tree, Scarlet, Organ Donation, Organ Donor

The use of fetuses as organ and tissue donors is a ticking time bomb of bioethics.

- Arthur Caplan

source: "Help From The Unborn Fetal-cell" by Joe Levine, content.time.com. June 24, 2001.

topic: Fetus, Use, Bombs, Organ Donation, Ticking Time

Along with church monies and the United Way, most of the others that I give the most to are organizations for which I have some personal connection in that they have affected family members; i.e., kidney, cancer, heart, and organ donation. My wife and I have also contributed to and been heavily involved with the Boys and Girls Club of Utah County.

- LaVell Edwards

source: Source: universe.byu.edu

topic: Girl, Cancer, Heart, Organ Donation, Family Members

If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

topic: Get Well Soon, Health, Disease, Organ Donation, Well Soon

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

- George William Curtis

source: Lotus-Eating Ch. 4

topic: Fitness, Lying, Firsts, Healthy Living, Organ Donation

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

- William Shakespeare

topic: Positive, Naughty, Shining, Kindness Generosity, Organ Donation

I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff,' I wanted to change people's hearts about organ donation. Whenever I get a chance, I try to talk about that.

- Mary Roach

topic: Heart, Writing, People, Organ Donation