Giving Back Quotes - Page 10

• For whatever reason, God has blessed me with the ability, put me in a position to make these leaps and bounds. I'm fulfilling my part of the bargain, which is to give back and be a positive influence on others.

  Denzel Washington

  Blessed, Giving, Influence

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• No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much.

  James Bryce

  Government, Giving, Democracy

  James Bryce (2008). “Modern Democracies”, p.608, Cosimo, Inc.

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• You reminded me of a quote that my acting teacher Stella Adler wrote in her book ['The Art of Acting'], which I asked her to sign: "The young actor feels some greatness inside themselves that they want to give back to the world." That resonated with me, but I didn't really understand what she was talking about until much later, in the way you surmised that my struggle to become an actor was from being this kind of introverted young boy.

  Mark Ruffalo

  Teacher, Art, Struggle

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I personally believe that professional athletes should give back to their communities in any way possible. We are in a position to make a difference.

  Carson Palmer

  Believe, Athlete, Differences

  Interview with Victor Kelly, www.ign.com. July 27, 2005.

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• What kind of bank gives back 65 percent-often less-of what you deposit? Indeed, when you compare the services of a bank and an insurance company, common sense suggests something is out of whack.

  Andrew Tobias

  Common Sense, Giving, Kind

  "The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know". Book by Andrew Tobias, 1982.

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• The ultimate search engine... would understand exactly what you mean and give back exactly what you want.

  Larry Page

  Mean, Giving, Want

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• There will never be enough thanks, never enough words nor thoughts high or deep enough to adequately convey His worth. I don't know how to give back to the Lord what He deserves other than to just offer Him my life and every part of me.

  Kari Jobe

  Giving, Thanks, Lord

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• My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother continue with always appreciating and always giving back. It's something I hope that I've become a role model for my children.

  Steve Tisch

  Mother, Children, Father

  "Super Bowl Q&A with … Steve Tisch". Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. February 5, 2012.

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• We only borrow the breaths we take in life. Every breath we borrow we give back, including our last. In the end, no matter how we lived, we all die feeling owed.

  Craig Stone

  Giving, Feelings, Lasts

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• No one should be allowed to give back the gift of life, unless they are very old and full of tears, when the body outlives the spirit, when they should be allowed to join the others who've already gone.

  Fay Weldon

  Giving, Tears, Gone

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• The red sole was born from red nail polish. I am giving back to beauty what the shoes took from the nails many years ago.

  Christian Louboutin

  Years, Shoes, Giving

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• It feels good to give back to the people who support you.

  Adrian Peterson

  Support You, Nfl, People

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• The only way a work of art can become great is for one to acknowledge that it doesn't belong to anybody. The greatness is in constantly giving back, coming to an acknowledgment of the source. Look back to the source of any individual, any process, any set of materials. If the individual personality can relinquish its insistence on concepts like this is mine, I did it, this is original, nobody else has done it, it goes straight for greatness or the essential spirit.

  Paul Caponigro

  Art, Greatness, Giving

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• I do things - whether it's donations or events for good causes or giving back to my community - for the right reason: because I want to. Because it's the best thing to do. I wanna help someone else out.

  LeSean McCoy

  Giving, Community, Events

  "Interview: LeSean McCoy Talks Chip Kelly, Kobe Bryant, & Nick Foles' Rap Knowledge". Interview with Maurice Peebles, www.complex.com. September 5, 2014.

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• Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.

  Misty Copeland

  Perseverance, Powerful, Hard Work

  Source: bknation.org

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• That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what we have learned. To teach what we know, and shorten the journey for those who will come after us.

  Margaret Cho

  Selfish, Opportunity, Journey

  Margaret Cho (2006). “I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight”, Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks)

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• As much as I can, as much as I can afford, I keep ticket prices down. Rock 'n' roll was developed as the people's voice, the people's art, it was grassroots. I don't believe that the people should be estranged from their rock stars. They're not kings and queens - all rock stars are those who are able to give back a bit of culture to other people. It's people's heritage.

  Patti Smith

  Art, Queens, Kings

  Source: www.independent.co.uk

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• You know, if your parents didn't have you, they'd be living in a nicer home, driving a Mercedes-Benz, with money in the bank and a boat. But noooooo. They had to have you! You've got to give back!

  Richard Simmons

  Home, Giving, Parent

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• Back of the sound broods the silence, back of the gift stands the giving;
  Back of the hand that receives thrill the sensitive nerves of receiving.

  Richard Realf

  Hands, Giving, Silence

  Richard Realf, Richard Josiah Hinton (1898). “Poems”

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• Don't be a slave to style. Don't take more from the world than you're willing to give back. And learn to undo the perceptions-so heavily promoted by the media-that shopping is a form of therapy and that a purchase is nothing but a victory or a gain.

  Thanissaro Bhikkhu

  Learning, Shopping, Media

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• Travel can transform communities and lives around the world... Imagine if we got to a place where people can go on holidays as their way of giving back.

  Bruce Poon Tip

  Holiday, People, Giving

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• Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a big supporter of many different charities, have donated millions of dollars to them, and it just feels great to do and be able to help others, especially children.

  Richard MacDonald

  Children, Helping Others, Opportunity

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• In the liberal imagination, the money is the government's by default, and the president and Congress determine through the tax code how much to give back to the people.

  Matthew Continetti

  Government, People, Giving

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• Let us take from Nature only what we really need, and try to give back to some extent.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Nature, Giving, Trying

  Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Amma (2015). “108 Quotes On Nature”, p.69, M A Center

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• My number one thing was that if I ever did get successful enough to make it, I wanted to be able to give back to my family.

  Victoria Justice

  Family, Successful, Numbers

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