Carl Karcher Quotes

For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems.

The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

You’ve got to help people that are downtrodden and poor, and I just think that that’s part of our culture. You’ve got to help people that can’t help themselves.

I can't stand people who have all the money but do not even bother to help innocent children in any small way they possibly can.

I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people.

The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.

It's important to do see the results of your philanthropy while you are alive.

I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living.

I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.

When I give my time to a worthy cause, it's time well spent. Lending a voice to help raise money - or perhaps just awareness - is the least I can do to give back. When I spend time with people who are fighting for children, it puts everything into perspective.

The goal isn't how much money you make, but how much you help people.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.

If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about.

Compassion and mercy are important, period. It doesn't matter who's at our receiving end, but we need to be flexing those muscles. It's not mutually exclusive: If you have compassion for children starving in Africa, it doesn't mean you can't have compassion for adults in Africa or animals that are being tortured and abused.

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

There is a place and a time for philanthropy, and there is only so much money you can give away.

He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who opens the doors of opportunity widest to those about him; who is ears to the deaf, eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

The people in the United States are some of the most generous people in the world. We saw it in Haiti. We saw it with Katrina. When devastation strikes, American people want to step up.

They're so generous, the American fans. They send money to the various charities I support. I tried to raise a little bit of money to send to Nepal, and they were straight in with thousands of dollars.

Though we cannot relieve all the distressed, we should relieve as many as we can.

Government does not have a monopoly on compassion.

There are so many incredible causes, no one better than the other. There are lots of organizations that need our help and lots of ways we need to help one another.

You don't have to wait for a tragedy to occur to rush to help those in need.

If I see a down-and-out I can't walk past, it really gets to me and I want to do everything I can.

I would like people to help me support the Chain of Hope which is a charity that is close to my heart who offer life save operations for children in need.