Eric Greitens

Founder and CEO,The Mission Continues

“When you challenge someone, you are telling them that you believe in

them.”

“If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding, but if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.”

“I came to understand after some time in a place of such care and

love, that when we see self-righteousness it is in fact an

expression of self-doubt and self-hatred.”

“In order to truly gain something from service, you must put yourself

in a place of pain or fear.” 

“Doing humanitarian work overseas, I had come to realize

that it’s not enough to fight for a better world; we also have to live lives worth fighting for.” 

“In our society, too often charity is what we do with our excess time and our

excess money.” 

I’d learned that all of the best kinds of compassionate assistance…meant

nothing if a warlord could command a militia and take control of the very place humanitarians were trying to aid.  The world needs many more

humanitarians than it needs warriors, but there can be none of the former

without enough of the latter.”

“When you challenge someone, you are telling them that you believe in

them.”

“Doing humanitarian work overseas, I had come to realize

that it’s not enough to fight for a better world; we also have to live lives worth fighting for.” 

“In order to truly gain something from service, you must put yourself

in a place of pain or fear.” 

“If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding, but if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.”

“In our society, too often charity is what we do with our excess time and our

excess money.” 

“I came to understand after some time in a place of such care and

love, that when we see self-righteousness it is in fact an

expression of self-doubt and self-hatred.”

I’d learned that all of the best kinds of compassionate assistance…meant

nothing if a warlord could command a militia and take control of the very place humanitarians were trying to aid.  The world needs many more

humanitarians than it needs warriors, but there can be none of the former

without enough of the latter.”