I stopped for coffee and there was a guy under the bridge. He had no coat and was cold. I offered him a coffee but he said he just needed to get warm so I gave him my hat, my coat, and my gloves. The people in the store asked where my coat was and I told them I gave it away and they told me I was crazy but I did it from my heart.
More Quotes from John Velleca:
I've turned down a few awards too. Being recognized makes you feel good, but I wasn't looking for any awards. I do it for my heart. People were good to me when I was young so I have to pay it back. It's the way I was brought up.John Velleca
I'll do it till I can't walk any more. I love it. It's part of me. If I stop, I'll just hang around the house and get old. It makes me feel young to see these kids.
John Velleca
I even have some grandchildren of the kids that I had. A lot of kids who's parents came to me are sending their kids back because it helped them when they were young.
John Velleca
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Coffee Quotes, People QuotesI don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive.
Charles Evers
It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich.
Hans Frank
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
Ambrose Bierce