Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give. — Rumi
If I cannot give consent to my own death, whose body is this? Who owns my life? — Sue Rodriguez
The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation. — Corrie Ten Boom
I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware. — Joan Rivers
Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it were! — Pope John Paul II
Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding. — John D. Rockefeller
All you can take with you is that which you've given away. — Sayings
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage. — Francis of Assisi
Organ Donor Quotes
Blood is that fragile scarlet tree we carry within us. — Osbert Sitwell
Think of spoiled cat food and ulcerated cankers and expired donor organs. That's how beautiful she looks. — Chuck Palahniuk
I think you have a lot to offer... not necessarily as a person, but as an organ donor. — Dov Davidoff
Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
The use of fetuses as organ and tissue donors is a ticking time bomb of bioethics. — Arthur Caplan
I hope more people decide to become organ donors. — Donna Reed
It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors. — Vic Snyder
i'm sure i'm worth a lot more dead than alive — Jodi Picoult
I understand that the legal position is under review in South Africa and that there will soon be a broader set of organizations to which donors can give and claim tax deductions. — Nelson Mandela
Write a living will. And become an organ donor! — Jodi Picoult
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don't align with my organization's. — Thomas A. Edison
Organ Transplant Quotes
The sale of human organs is merchandise. My first property is my body. Why am I not going to be able to dispose of my body? There are 7,500 persons suffering as they await transplants so something isn’t working right. We are seeking market mechanisms to solve this problem. — Javier Milei
Strange medical news from Pakistan: A man had a successful organ transplant with a dog. They gave the man a dog's organ. In a related story today, Keith Richards was seen chasing a mailman. — Craig Kilborn
All analyses end badly. Each 'termination' leaves the participants with the taste of ashes in their mouths; each is absurd; each is a small, pointless death. Psychoanalysis cannot tolerate happy endings; it casts them off the way the body's immunological system casts off transplanted organs. — Janet Malcolm
The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization. — Mary Douglas
Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patients renal and cardiopulmonary status. This spectacular success was a clear demonstration that organ transplantation could be life-saving. — Joseph Murray
The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years. — Ian Smith
When we transplant organs, we are enabling viruses to jump natural barriers between species. — Wayne Pacelle
The issue of xenotransplantation - such as transplanting animal organs into humans - is fraught with risks for animals, naturally, and for people. — Wayne Pacelle
Modern medicine has created more co-dependents even than co-pays. We've learned to hold out for a magic bullet such as a new miracle drug, breakthrough surgical procedure or new organ transplant. What rubbish. — Andrew Saul
We don't have enough solid organs for transplantation; not enough kidneys, livers, hearts, lungs. When you get a liver and you have three people who need it, who should get it? We tried to come up with an ethically defensible answer. Because we have to choose. — Ezekiel Emanuel
Heart Transplant Quotes
It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it. — Barry Switzer
I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time. — Lech Walesa
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms. — Christiaan Barnard
The Wright brothers' first flight was shorter than a Boeing 747's wing span. We've just begun with heart transplants. — C. Walton Lillehei
A few years ago he had a big heart transplant in Chicago, a five-hour operation. It took the doctors four hours to get him on the operating table. — Bob Hope
You only have to bat 1.000 in two things-flying and heart transplants. Everything else, you can go four in five. — Beano Cook
An Israeli man's life was saved when he was given a Palestinian man's heart in a heart transplant operation. The guy is doing fine, but the bad news is, he can't stop throwing rocks at himself. — Jay Leno
The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more complex. — Adam Ant
It would not be more unreasonable to transplant a favorite flower out of black earth into gold dust than it is for a person to let money-getting harden his heart into contempt, or into impatience, of the little attentions, the merriments and the caresses of domestic life. — William Mountford
The artificial heart is very effective as a bridge to transplant, but the number of people that can be saved with human hearts is limited. A perfect artificial heart could save many more patients. — Robert Jarvik
So shines a good deed... in a weary world. — Gene Wilder
There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity. — Confucius
Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside. — Mary Engelbreit
URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages. — Ziggy Marley
The first and highest law must be the love of man to man. Homo homini Deus est - this is the supreme practical maxim, this is the turning point of the world's History. — Ludwig Feuerbach
If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease. — Robert Green Ingersoll
No one can do everything, but everyone can do something — Max Lucado
Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. — Lord Chesterfield
I am saying that I am trying to minimize the donations to these groups by talking to diplomats. The transparency bill also has the purpose of enabling the Israeli public and members of Knesset to know whose interests certain organizations represent. — Ayelet Shaked
Organ donation is very personal to me. My mother, before her death, was on kidney dialysis for several years. — John Perez
I am happy to donate funds to various organizations that help people in need. — Carl Karcher
Facebook is really about communicating and telling stories... We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that they want to participate in this to their friends. And that can be a big part of helping solve the crisis that's out there. — Mark Zuckerberg
Donate time, food, or money to organizations that fight the good fight. We can act individually for the collective good. We can all do something. — Joy Bryant
There are so many ways to help, by either sharing your skills or expertise, joining our board of directors or advisory boards, and donating. Regardless of what or how you share with ISF, we recognize that we don't have all the answers, and that solutions lie not in commonality but in diversity. Welcoming a broad range of thinkers, creators, and doers is what makes this organization thrive. — Ian Somerhalder
When you get your driving license [in Austria], you check the box if you do not want to donate your organ. Nobody checks boxes. That's too much effort. One percent check the box. — Shlomo Benartzi
Along with church monies and the United Way, most of the others that I give the most to are organizations for which I have some personal connection in that they have affected family members; i.e., kidney, cancer, heart, and organ donation. My wife and I have also contributed to and been heavily involved with the Boys and Girls Club of Utah County. — LaVell Edwards
Probably the single most commen response I get from my readesr, be it through e-mails or letters, is that they did not know much, or at times, they're quite frank, they didn't care much about Afghanistan. But they pay attention more after reading these novels, and at times it has triggered this humaitarian spirt: some have donated money or at time times, people have joined humatiarian organizations that work in Afghanistan. — Khaled Hosseini
I know people who have donated big to presidents. I know people who have raised money big for presidents. And they are treated like kings by the politician and his organization. They are constantly invited to parties, seminars, private gatherings where the candidate or the president will explain policy, but only to them. And they brag about it. Which is fine. That doesn't bother me. — Rush Limbaugh
I am possibly thinking about doing an Internet show in the future that will highlight political organizations that I seek out to let people know about them, volunteer opportunities, and donation opportunities. — Kathleen Hanna
I have a healthy respect for those individuals and the businesses that they represent. Their involvement only solidifies my belief that the United Way is a worthy organization to donate my time and efforts to. — Bill Vaughan
You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your favorite political party. You can give the funds to a student scholarship - for your grandchildren, for example - or to somebody who has a medical need. Or you can invest your government check in free enterprise. — Mark Skousen
I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff,' I wanted to change people's hearts about organ donation. Whenever I get a chance, I try to talk about that. — Mary Roach
We must "Bring Back Our Girls" and support Nigerians working every day to create change. Please donate now to support Nigerian organizations educating and standing up for girls — Malala Yousafzai
It's wonderful to work for a company that gives so much back to its communities, especially to our children. Donations are only one way we support our communities. Our team members also volunteer their time and energies to a number of different local groups, including this aquarium. We form partnerships with these organizations because we feel we can accomplish more together than if we were each working on our own. — Patricia Brooks
Donating money to a few of my favorite free-market organizations used to be a pleasant duty, but now I'm literally inundated with demands from hundreds of think tanks and public-policy groups, all vying for my limited funds — Mark Skousen
When my father passed away, he had his organs donated. In that painful moment, I was deeply comforted knowing that my father would be able to give others a second chance at life. That is why I encourage everyone to sign up to be a donor. — John Perez
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