Colin Donnell Quotes

I really admire medical people. They have a great sense of humour, and they just have to get on with it.

People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.

Each doctor makes a much, much more important job than I do, but at the end, nobody talks about him. We all know about it, but we don't really think about it.

It takes lives to save lives.

People want to believe that you're going to wake up each day and fight to make their lives better.

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

I am a doctor - it's a profession that may be considered a special mission, a devotion. It calls for involvement, respect and willingness to help all other people.

It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart.

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

I didn't want readers to think I was asking to be praised for taking care of my wife while she was ill. Lots of people are heroic, more heroic than I was, when faced with the suffering of someone they love.

I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.

I'm just not gonna let up until I know I've done absolutely everything I can for New Yorkers.

I've seen incredible acts of humanity in the military because people put themselves aside, and it's about the other person.

When you think in terms of public service, I heard so much about what Mother Theresa had done in her life. And I was fortunate enough to get a chance to meet her and talk to her a lot about what motivates her and what drives her. And that, to me, is a person that really is an extraordinary role model.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.

The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.

I will serve the people in a very humble way.

I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

I wanted to contribute my time, myself, my knowledge, my love, because Haiti is my everything.

We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time.

I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.