Bret Stephens Quotes

Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.

I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief. I mean, it's at least a moral belief.

In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.

Be just before you are generous.

I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.

I've always felt that as long as I was able, I was supposed to give all I've got to ensure a healthy and loving legacy for those still to come, and especially for those with no voice.

We cannot be indifferent to people's life and business.

I mentioned that I received a scholarship to Episcopalian school, and the model for the school was 'From each according to his or her ability and to each according to his or her need.' And it's something that is still really important to me in thinking about how I prioritize what I do with my life.

What you realize when you work in the philanthropic world is that people aren't just numbers: they are families with real needs and you need to make your judgments with kindness and thoughtfulness in order to serve those needs.

Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more just.

You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble.

It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to give pleasure to the persons thus loved and not merely to use them for our own selfish pleasure.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

I'm one of those people that, if I hear about something happening, I go crazy. I want to go help.

I think often times when people choose to be part of a charity; it's usually because something is very personal.

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.

Bobby was one of the few people I had ever known who really wanted to do something for me.

People see a hungry face, and they want to feed it; that's a natural response.

It was a very profound experience, getting in touch with that part of us, in all of us human beings, that is committed beyond yourself to the point of giving everything you have, including your life, for other people, for your fellow man.

I think my dad is this great, wonderful... man with a lot of integrity, who is fighting for things he believes in and is serious in what he wants to see happen and serious in helping people.