Tarana Burke Quotes

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

Charity never lacks what is her own, all that she needs for her own security. Not alone does she have it, she abounds with it. She wants this abundance for herself that she may share it with all; and she reserves enough for herself so that she disappoints nobody. For charity is perfect only when full.

In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.

Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism.

There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

People have me pinned as a shark or a predator in some way, and in no way am I that. I wouldn't want to hurt anyone. I want to defend people. I want to help people.

I try to help everybody that I can.

You can't focus on yourself. You need to focus on what you're doing for others, and then you can start to heal.

Giving feels good. It is a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone.

The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.

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.

I believe there's a place for goodness and love in everything I do.

I'd have to say I've been a little of both, but definitely more nice than naughty.

Kris Kristofferson and Steve Goodman were the two most unselfish people I ever met.

You need to have a heart to help others and separate yourself from your money.

I think every human being has good intentions in one aspect of life and some in every.

I know I want to do good for people. And I want to treat people well.

I'd rather be remembered for being kind than for my achievements.

I don't like to think about others losing or not performing well. No, no - I'm not that kind of person.

I don't think it's my job or anything that I owe somebody. But it is nature - coaching - and I like to think I'm pretty charitable in the sense that I like to help people out, share and talk football.

When our cup runs over, we let others drink the drops that fall, but not a drop from within the rim, and call it charity; when the crumbs are swept from our table, we think it generous to let the dogs eat them; as if that were charity which permits others to have what we cannot keep.

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.