Rosanna Pansino Quotes

If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.

I want to work for the poor in my country.

The world needs a person like me so that many other rich people will be able to follow my role model. If they do, many poor people will be helped.

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

When I was younger, I played sports and went to camp. As I got older, my parents began to instill in us the importance of giving back to the community, especially those places around the world that are less fortunate than my very privileged life growing up in Los Angeles.

We should remember the poor.

Each of us must find a way to give back to society. Each of us must choose one thing we can do to help another, less-fortunate Indian.

I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.

It is true that there is a thing crudely called charity, which means charity to the deserving poor; but charity to the deserving is not charity at all, but justice. It is the undeserving who require it, and the ideal either does not exist at all, or exists wholly for them.

I think it would be fair and right to use some of my land and wealth for a drug-rehab center or an Indian school.

I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them - poverty is the greatest challenge facing humanity. That is why I build schools; I want to free people from poverty and illiteracy.

You can't help the poor by becoming one of them.

The ultimate solution to POVERTY is found in the COMPASSION of God's people.

Whatever we get from the government or other people - even one rupee we get, we give it to the poor. Completely free service.

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are fedding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.

The bread you store up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.

I've always felt obligated to help those less fortunate than me. It's an obligation that anyone who has a chance to be in the NBA should feel and act upon.

Sometimes you have to put back in the community.

I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people creating funds and giving back in all sorts of productive ways. It's a terrifically satisfying thing.

I'm going to give away a lot more than half my money. I'd be happy to give that to the government if the government put together programs that were like I'm giving away to charity, in which I believe the money is effectively used to help people.

My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in Congo.