Giving Back Quotes - Page 10

• I was on the board of Andre Agassi's foundation, and seeing the way it operated blew my mind. In 2002, I told my wife, I want to start a foundation to give back, I want it to be for kids in hard circumstances, and I want it to be culinary-driven, because that's who I am.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Kids, Who I Am, Giving

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• I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

  Queen Latifah

  Christmas, Giving Up, Simple

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• A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares.

  Debi Mazar

  Hero, People, Giving

  "Mazar helps Los Angeles homeless get back on their feet". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. October 12, 2010.

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• A benevolent malefactor, merciful, gentle, helpful, clement, a convict, returning good for evil, giving back pardon for hatred, preferring pity to vengeance, preferring to ruin himself rather than to ruin his enemy, saving him who had smitten him, kneeling on the heights of virtue, more nearly akin to an angel than to a man. Javert was constrained to admit to himself that this monster existed. Things could not go on in this manner.

  Victor Hugo

  Angel, Men, Evil

  Victor Hugo (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)”, p.3429, Delphi Classics

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• Staunch & faithful little lovers that they are, they give back a hundred fold every sign of love one ever gives them — & it mitigates the pang of losing them to know how very happy a little affection has made them .

  Edith Wharton

  Giving, Faithful, Lovers

  "The letters of Edith Wharton".

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• I have a thing: I will always put money in for any street musician anywhere in the country, anywhere in the world. It's like giving back the money I got.

  Andy Grammer

  Country, Giving, Musician

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• You cannot measure the loss of a human life. It's all the things a person was, all their dreams, all the people who loved them, all they hoped to be and could give back to the world.

  Joan Bauer

  Dream, Loss, Giving

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• I chose to go back to 90210 because it's home, you know, and we had such a loyal fan base for so many years that I owe everything to our fans. So I felt - I really felt the need to give back to them and to give then Donna again, and see where she is now. And I'm really excited to play her again.

  Tori Spelling

  Home, Giving, Loyal

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society.

  Yani Tseng

  Giving, One Day, Events

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• The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Positive, Attitude, Reflection

  William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). “Vanity Fair”, p.15, Oxford University Press, USA

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• When you're in a position to have gotten so much, the gift at this point is giving back.

  Paul Stanley

  Giving, Position

  "Paul Stanley Analyzes KISS's Success: 'I don't want to buy a t-shirt with a guy on it who looks like my neighbor'". Interview with Linda Leseman, www.laweekly.com. October 03, 2011.

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• Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for justice - those things were very, very front-burner in my childhood, as were the ideas of working for peace and if you have more than you need, then you share it with people who don't.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Struggle, Native American, Rights

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• And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Jobs, Believe

  Speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.npr.org. August 25, 2008.

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• I am in a fabulously lucky position in that I get to wear beautiful, beautiful gowns for functions, which I can then give back. That way, they're not sitting in my wardrobe with me looking at them and feeling guilty. I love that, and I think when people have a fabulous function to go to, I'd recommend renting.

  Helen Mirren

  Beautiful, Thinking, People

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• Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people. I'm blessed. I'm really blessed.

  Rick Allen

  Selfish, Blessed, People

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• My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.

  Dan Marino

  Children, Dad, Father

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• A hallmark of the Latino community is to help one another, if students are interested in a way to give back and help their communities, becoming a teacher is probably one of the very best ways of doing that.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Teacher, Giving, Community

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• I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back.

  Jerry Moran

  Giving, Success Is Not Measured, Convinced

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• In traditional agriculture, the soil is the mother. She's the mother who gives, to whom you must give back.

  Vandana Shiva

  Mother, Agriculture, Giving

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• The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

  Gaston Bachelard

  Dream, Giving, Poetry

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• The greatest motivator and leveler in my life has been my yoga practice. It has taught me how to be a grown-up, follow through, give back, be compassionate, be a better mother, wife, daughter, sibling, friend, and just show up.

  Emily Carpenter

  Daughter, Mother, Sibling

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• The DOCF all started when I made a trip to a local hospital in the Dominican Republic. I was visiting children who had received life-saving heart care operations. I couldn't help but think that in another life, one of these kids could be my own son. If it wasn't for baseball, I may have remained in the Dominican Republic and who knows where life would have taken me. It was then that I knew that I had to use the gift that I received, to play baseball, to do whatever I could to give back.

  David Ortiz

  Baseball, Children, Taken

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• I'm still making my decision in the next few days on what path I'm going to take. What really makes me excited now is to continue to give back to the sport.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Sports, Giving, Decision

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• I believe if you can find something to give back to, your soul will feel fulfilled in a very powerful way.

  Alicia Keys

  Powerful, Believe, Giving

  "Adventurer. Storyteller. Host of the Amazing Race". Interview with Zoe Kors, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• Growing up, I realized as an actor I had to figure out how to use my platform in order to give back as well and use that spotlight to shine, or at least to balance that light and to try to shine light onto the other issues that were happening in the world.

  Serinda Swan

  Growing Up, Order, Issues

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