Benjamin Clementine Quotes

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.

Being a mom, I am even more inspired to really help make a difference. I can't imagine what it would be like if my child didn't have a meal to eat.

If I didn't like poor people, why would I come and tell them how to make their lives better?

Those who are more influential because they have greater share of goods and common services should feel responsible for the weaker and be ready to share with them all they possess

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.

There was a guy that was friends with my father, a very well-known and powerful hustler on the Eastern seaboard. He was a very interesting guy who would literally rent a passenger van and would take the poor kids from the ghettos and black neighborhoods down to the sporting goods store and just spend money. Buy them whatever they want.

Every day we're here is an opportunity to do what we can to make the world right, to help someone close or far from us, to not get so hung up on what we can't do, and remember what we can.

Obviously, we know people aren't as fortunate and blessed as we are. I learned a little bit about the impact we have as professionals, and how we can help, how impactful it is for just your presence.

Hearing the statistic that one in four children in Scotland suffer from poverty just made me think that if there is even a tiny thing I could do that would help then it was totally worthwhile.

We are fortunate people. It is our need and responsibility to help our fellow man.

Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy.

If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.

I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life - whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.

The idea of service leads to community.

As a youngster in the projects, I definitely didn't have anything. So if you get something, you want to be able to give back and help others.

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.

I would like to somehow make the community I live in a better place to live.

Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way. I help panhandlers, but other people are, 'Oh look at that - why doesn't he get a job?' While I believe in all that freedom, I also believe that no one should suffer needlessly.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

You can't not be changed by the experience of seeing extreme poverty. You start to want to think about ways in which you can make the world better.

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.

I think the greatest thing that we can do is take care of each other.