Jay Inslee Quotes

When my father passed away, he had his organs donated. In that painful moment, I was deeply comforted knowing that my father would be able to give others a second chance at life. That is why I encourage everyone to sign up to be a donor.

I hope more people decide to become organ donors.

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.

I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.

I owe my life to blood donors. I'm forever grateful to people who donate.

I always think about which blood drive was going on in Georgia that day when that husband or mom or school teacher rolled up their sleeve and actually gave me a second chance at life. It's the ultimate gift of life, and I'm the one who was on the other end.

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.

I owe my life to blood donors. They went out, rolled up a sleeve and gave me another chance at life.

We are born with two kidneys and only need one to survive. Maybe God gave us the other one so that we could give it away.

Many Americans say they want to be organ donors, but they just don't get around to acting on their intentions. Helping these potential good Samaritans overcome their inertia could prolong thousands of lives a year.

Signing up to be an organ donor should be at least as easy as downloading a song to your iPhone.

Suppose you endow a charity, or university. You could put your name on it, but you could also endow it in honor of some teacher you had. People differ. There are people who prefer to be anonymous in their giving, or to put somebody else's name on it.

I give a tenth of my salary to charity every month, so in terms of giving back, I do my best.

I do things - whether it's donations or events for good causes or giving back to my community - for the right reason: because I want to. Because it's the best thing to do. I wanna help someone else out. As far as all the attention for it, that's cool if I get it, but I'm not doing it for that reason. Stuff like that doesn't really phase me.

We are rich only through what we give.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time.

Philanthropy is lost. The human spirit is suppressed. Most people want a legacy; they want to give something back, a library, a hospital wing, a donation to their church. This is a form of socialism that must go.

God does not need our money. But you and I need the experience of giving it

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something.

You've got to use the life you've been given to give others life

The key word of the dedicated Christian should be 'give.' Charitable contributions speak eloquently of your unselfish Christian generosity.

It's best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It's easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it's a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million.