Orson Scott Card Quotes

Giving is most important to show the less fortunate that you don't give up. You always want to live a better life.

I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world - all you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there. For every one bad one, there's a thousand good ones.

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Difficult times often bring out the best in people.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

I've got different things going on - part spiritualist, part humanitarian, part brat.

The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.

My No. 1 focus was on my foundation, the Tim Tebow Foundation, to bring faith, hope and love to those needing a brighter day in the darkest hour of need.

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

We shall never desist from working for the common good, helping one another, and even our enemies, till our helping hand is stricken with age

My faith is central to everything I do. My faith position is a Good Samaritan position of trying to watch out for the other person.

When you read the news, and you see all this bad stuff happening, there's a tendency to lose faith in humanity. But I meet so many people who restore it and realize that, actually, 99 percent of people are great.

All missionaries, younger and older, serve with the sole hope of making life better for other people.

When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.

Clevelanders care about underdogs, partly because we are, partly because we have empathy, and we're - we have faith in our God and faith in humanity, and that makes us support the underdog.

I believe, ultimately, there are more goodies than baddies in the world, and you have to remind yourself of that.