“A humanitarian seldom makes a good lover. For a lover’s world revolves around their lover, while a humanitarian’s world revolves around the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Human you are, and your purpose is to live for others as much as you live for yourself.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian… — Alvin Adams Copy Share Image
The task for governments across Europe is to take a practical approach that can meet our humanitarian obligations in both the short… — Damian Green Copy Share Image
I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe… — Gregory Peck Copy Share Image
Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“O my brave Almighty Human, with the ever-effulgent flow of courage, conscience and compassion, turn yourself into a vivacious humanizer, and start… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I have learned that I, we, are a dollar-a-day people (which is terrible, they say, because a cow in Japan is worth… — Binyavanga Wainaina Copy Share Image
The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Roberto Clemente played the game of baseball with great passion. That passion could only be matched by his unrelenting commitment to make… — Manny Sanguillen Copy Share Image
We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is… — Roger Wicker Copy Share Image
Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities which lack a commitment to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Our agreements on creating the conditions for preparing a peace treaty [with Japan] should be rooted in this trust. This may be… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labor and sacrifices made.… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Roger Casement is an intriguing figure - humanitarian, Irish revolutionary, gay - and much had and would be written about him, there… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
What's going on in Syria is the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. And we are punishing those who are suffering… — Daniel Benjamin Copy Share Image
“The Caretaker, Sonnet What was good enough for the fiction fearing men of the past, is no yardstick for the civilized us.… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Handcrafted Humanity Sonnet 7 Give, give and give again, To give without reserve is living. Fall, fall and fall again, To fall… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The only person on this ship who gets paid for what they do is you, Alix. The rest of us live off… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
If you put these five things together - you can't use money to attract talent, you can't advertise, you can't take risks,… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
For anybody that works in any kind of demining or any kind of humanitarian aid work, there is danger and it's always… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
“Religion has a fanaticism problem - center religion on metaphor, and problem solved. Science has a freezing problem - center science on… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
You can't expect humanitarian and development agencies to rebuild Syria. There is not enough money. There is not enough capacity. There are… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
We in Europe must not indulge the illusion that we could shut ourselves away from the world if it goes to pieces,… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Humanitarian issues must bring together all people who act in good faith trying to alleviate the suffering of people in dire need… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
We have a responsibility to make sure civilians and children are never the targets of war and humanitarian assistance is never blocked. — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
“The very people who are most ardent against entangling alliances insist most fanatically upon our doing one hundred things a year on… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Arise O lion-heart! Awake, O great soldier! Misery has come upon the world. It is wailing for help. It is wailing for… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
My experiences there truly defined who I am to this day as far as my humanitarian work because I was a refugee… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
“Wake up you must, and step up you must, not should, but must, for only then, can an animal world be changed… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“There is no leader, no lineage, no second coming - each of you are Naskar, each of you are signpost.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We are rebuilding our immigration system. We are rebuilding humanitarian, safe and orderly pathways for individuals to make their claims here in… — Alejandro Mayorkas Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that humanitarian aid and trade are some of the building blocks for world peace. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
We live in an environment in which connectivity and cyberspace are transforming all workplaces, including the humanitarian workplace. — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image