Giving Back Quotes

• Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Positive, Powerful

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Feb 06, 2015

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• To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Positive, Breakup, Encouragement

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• It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.

  Albert Einstein

  Motivational, Karma, Integrity

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• Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Passion

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• Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

  Nicole Kidman

  Believe, Reality, Giving

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Jan 08, 2017

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• Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous.

  Erich Fromm

  Love, Lying, Power

  "The Art of Loving".

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  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

  Charles Dickens

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  "Our Mutual Friend". Book by harles Dickens, 1865.

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• The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Encouragement, Freedom, Business

  "The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better". Book by Richard Leider, p. 35., 2010.

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• What are you doing for others?

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Kings, Helping Others, Volunteer

  Jim Haskins, James Haskins, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1992). “I have a dream: the life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Millbrook Pr

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• Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Meaningful

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.231, Princeton University Press

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• When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Beautiful, Education

  Maya Angelou (2015). “The Complete Poetry”, p.258, Random House

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• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

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• There is a natural law, a Divine law, that obliges you and me to relieve the suffering, the distressed and the destitute.

  Conrad Hilton

  Inspiring, Law, Suffering

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• I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Believe, Life Is

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• My humanitarian work evolved from being with my family. My mom, my dad, they really set a great example for giving back. My mom was a nurse, my dad was a school teacher. But my mom did a lot of things for geriatrics and elderly people. She would do home visits for free.

  Cat Cora

  Mom, Teacher, Dad

  "Chef Cat Cora says "Bon Appetit" at Sundance". Interview with Jane Clark, www.reuters.com. January 20, 2009.

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• No one has ever become poor by giving.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Morning, Kindness

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• When God puts love and compassion in your heart toward someone, He’s offering you an opportunity to make a difference in that person’s life. You must learn to follow that love. Don’t ignore it. Act on it. Somebody needs what you have.

  Joel Osteen

  Heart, Opportunity, Compassion

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• This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back.

  Michael N. Castle

  College, Giving, Graduates

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• I am a huge believer in giving back and helping out in the community and the world. Think globally, act locally I suppose. I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

  Steve Nash

  Motivational, Basketball, Believe

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• Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

  Colin Powell

  Giving Up, Certain, Amount

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• I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it’s like the least I can do, I really enjoy that stuff. I enjoy giving back.

  Alex O'Loughlin

  Giving, Charity, Stuff

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