Pay It Forward Quotes

• Be humble, be grateful, give back, share, pay it forward, chase your dreams, go for it, and take a moment to remember where it is ALL from.

  Justin Bieber

  Dream, Grateful, Humble

  Twitter post from Jul 9, 2012

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• Sometimes you can't pay it back, so you just have to pay it forward.

  Randy Pausch

  Pay, Sometimes

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• It is important that we learn humility, which says there was someone else before me who paid for me. My responsibility is to prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who is yet to come.

  Maya Angelou

  Humility, Responsibility, Important

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Feb 05, 2013

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• If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian

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• Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

  Mariska Hargitay

  Streets, Persons, Walking

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• If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.

  Mariska Hargitay

  Twelve, Folds, Ifs

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• Spread good energy. Pay it forward!

  Brittany Maynard

  Energy, Spread, Pay

  "Terminally Ill Woman Who Fought For Her Right To Die Commits Suicide", www.businessinsider.com. November 3, 2014.

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• My goal is to assist people in the process of rapidly achieving their goals so they are able to live the life of their dreams. My hope is that they will eventually pay-it-forward and help those that they care about the most do the same

  Jairek Robbins

  Dream, Live Life, People

  "How to 10X and Get What You Want in Life" by Sean Kim, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 4, 2015.

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• I don't want to be one of those people saying, 'Remember when things were better?'

  Robbie Robertson

  People, Want, Remember

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• being a parent is not transaction ... we do not get what we give. It is the ultimate pay-it-forward endeavor: we are good parents not so they will be loving enough to stay with us but so they will be strong enough to leave us.

  Anna Quindlen

  Strong, Giving, Parent

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• Do I feel any pressure as the most decorated Winter Olympian in American history? None at all. The only pressures that I know I face are those of how to pay it forward: How can I continually make a positive impact in people's lives, help others achieve their dreams, create their own Olympic mindset, creating champions within themselves?

  Apolo Ohno

  Dream, Winter, Helping Others

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• I feel blessed to be in the broadcast business for 20 years. I believe that when you're this blessed, you have an obligation to pay it forward. That's what life is all about ultimately.

  Tavis Smiley

  Believe, Blessed, Years

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Frank Sinatra turns 100 this year and his music has been a major player in the soundtrack of my life. So it's only right that I return the favor and pay it forward.

  Brendon Urie

  Player, Years, Favors

  Source: villaparkiliad.com

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• I guess it's hard for people who are so used to things the way they are - even if they're bad - to change. 'Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses.

  Catherine Ryan Hyde

  Giving Up, People, Way

  "Pay It Forward". 2000.

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• I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.

  Doug Collins

  Basketball, Teacher, Mind

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• The world is a beautiful place, travel has been my greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the greatest givers. I even have a ring of support around my bed as I type … Goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!

  Brittany Maynard

  Beautiful, Goodbye, Teacher

  "Brittany Maynard Has Ended Her Life" by Lexi Petronis, www.glamour.com. November 2, 2014.

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• I guess I always like being asked questions about influence or inspiration, like, "What are you reading? Who are your heroes? Is there any one person you want to shout out to now?" I really love paying it forward with love and attention, because that's what I like to read.

  Zoe Kazan

  Inspiration, Reading, Hero

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I was a jackass in many ways. I projected that cruelty towards others, that kid whose hand I was wringing. If I could have hurt a hundred weaklings - weaker than me, and I was already very weak - I would. I was dying to hurt somebody, to pay it forward.

  Gary Shteyngart

  Hurt, Kids, Hands

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm from Naples. I was born in a poor neighborhood and I always, in my heart, felt like it would be amazing to be able to adopt a child from Naples. I could give someone the opportunity I had. I would love to give back in that way and pay it forward.

  Giuliana Rancic

  Children, Heart, Opportunity

  "Giuliana And Bill Rancic Have Begun Adoption Process In Italy" by Naughty But Nice Rob, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 18, 2011.

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