Aid Quotes

[Internationa] Aid is just another praetorian business enterprise.

Nice work, " he said.I grinned."You look like hell, though, " he noted."I doubt hell has this much Kool-Aid, " I replied.

Sometimes, the best deed you can do for another person is to not save them from their troubles.

The bravest thing David Bowie ever did was to go on stage after Queen at Live Aid.

It takes courage to do aid work but it takes bravery to put your thoughts and experiences out in front of the world.

No sight better expresses the politics of aid, the dynamics of the West and the developing countries, than the image of children, happy or in need.

To be alive, to be man alive, to be whole man alive: that is the point. And at its best, the novel, and the novel supremely, can help you. It can help you not to be dead man in life.

And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker

Just as the hand rushes involuntarily to protect one's honor in case of accidental state of undress, so does a friend come to his friend's aid without being asked

Being in love with your best friend is problematic.

As much as I cared about him, I wasn’t a slave to fate. I could choose to ignore my feelings, strong as they were. It would be painful, but no more so than letting myself pine for my friend.

I suppose that means you don’t want any band-aids, either, ” I said, a touch more bitterly than I’d meant to.

Very often, what is meant to be a stepping stone turns out to be a slab of wet cement that will harden around your foot if you do not take the next step soon enough.

And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own.

International aid as a means of development is a major failure, and not just in Haiti.

Think about the change that the world experiences without the aid of the right people and those who love and appreciate the presence of nature.

I seen women take this kind a' help from a man with a look a' relief on their faces. I wondered if these women knew how much easier their lives would be if they did all this stuff for themselves.

No matter what you have, no matter your experience level, sometimes you just need a hand.

The resources of Africa are greater than the amount of aid it can ever get. Hence, Africa needs to manage its resources prudently and efficiently to minimise its dependence on aid.

The more Africa depends on aid the less opportunities it creates for its people

Dakota's head was stuck in his toga. He staggered around olike a Kool-Aid-stained ghost."Um, " Percy said, "should I wear my bed sheets?

... money should not be spent according to what the West considers the most dramatic kind of suffering.

Never forget to put the beneficiaries on top of your organogram!

It strikes me as unfortunate that this approach - affording the same dignity to and investing in the same quality for a poor child as you would for your own - is so often received as provocative.

In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.

We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid.