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9 famous quotes by Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas was more than just an entertainer; he was a visionary and philanthropist with a dream of curing childhood cancer. He founded St. Jude, a hospital where children from all corners of the globe receive treatment and care, regardless of race, religion, or financial status.

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Artwork by St. Jude patient Lilly

 
Danny Thomas, founder of St. Jude, with a patient.

St. Jude founder Danny Thomas with a patient

 
 

Inspiring words from St. Jude Founder Danny Thomas

 
 
Danny Thomas en la en la Ceremonia de Apertura del hospital St. Jude el 4 de febrero de 1962.
 

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It took a rabble-rousing, hook-nosed comedian to get your attention, but it took your hearts and your loving minds and your generous souls to make this fabulous dream come true.... If I were to die this minute, I would know why I was born.

 
 

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Show me my way in life, and I will build you a shrine.

 
Danny Thomas stands with a statue of St. Jude Thaddeus on the St. Jude campus.
 
 
Danny Thomas frente a una niña paciente en el hospital St. Jude en Memphis, Tennessee.
 

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There are two kinds of people in this world: The givers and the takers. The takers sometimes eat better, but the givers always sleep better.

 
 

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Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

 
Danny Thomas greeting an executive in front of the statue of St. Jude Thaddeus on campus.
 
 
Danny Thomas with his daughter, Marlo, and a crowd of St. Jude patients and families.
 

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I’d rather have a million people give me a dollar than one give me a million. That way you’ve got a million people involved.

 
 
St. Jude campus in Memphis, Tennessee.
 

When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80% in the U.S., and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.

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Danny Thomas gets a hug from a patient in a historic photograph.
 

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No child should die in the dawn of life.

 
 

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I believe I know why I was born, why I was put on this earth. And I think any person who can say that is blessed.

 
Danny Thomas frente a su gran sueño, el hospital St. Jude.
 
 
Danny Thomas smiles and hugs a St. Jude patient.
 

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No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.

 
 

9.

 

The greatest reward is the smiles on the faces of the children whose lives you've helped save.

 
Danny Thomas smiles with a patients at St. Jude.
 
 
Bust of St. Jude founder Danny Thomas.
 

St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Learn more about our history and our founder, Danny Thomas.

 
 

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