Top 100 Give Back Quotes
#1. I decided to join the military to give back to my country and help pay for college.
Steve Stivers
#2. The aim I have set before me in this book is to give back to English readers the understanding of and delight in this great poet which thrilled his contemporaries and early successors.
Janet Spens
#3. I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far.
Mario Lemieux
#4. But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us.
Lindsey Buckingham
#5. When a person's debt increases a lot, at first he will feel he wants to pay it all back, later he will think, 'Why give back?' That spoils from within. We should not sign from within.
Dada Bhagwan
#6. 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
#7. Music and philanthropy have a long, benevolent relationship with one another. Record bins are rife with charity singles, and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back.
Shawn Amos
#8. I've got more out of tennis than I could ever give back.
Andy Roddick
#9. My parents sacrificed so much for all of us. It makes me want to give back to them by being the best I can be.
Diana Lopez
#10. I can't spell or do grammar, but I'm smarter and more serious than people think. I'm no featherweight when it comes to digging deep and being involved. So many stars I know do so much. It's our duty to give back.
Cher
#11. 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
#12. Giving back is always something I'm doing - I'm honored for this, to always give back to the community.
Dellin Betances
#13. You cannot continue to succeed in the world or have a fulfilling life in the world unless you choose to use your life in the service somehow to others and give back what you have been given. That's how you keep it. That's how you get it. That's how you grow it.
Oprah Winfrey
#14. I've very proud to be mayor of our great city. It's a city with a heart and a soul. Chicago has a unique spirit. Our business community wants to give back.
Richard M. Daley
#16. Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty - for the past must only be reflected in its polish, its shape, its capacity.
Dag Hammarskjold
#17. We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give back to the universe ... If we make landfall on another star system, we become immortal.
Ray Bradbury
#18. The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?
Karl Shapiro
#19. I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
Sammy Davis Jr.
#20. Some people are embarrassed to say they came from East St. Louis, Ill., but now more people want to claim it. I grew up in a community center and I knew what it gave me. I always knew I wanted to give back and help people because people helped me.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
#21. I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it's a responsibility we all share.
Avril Lavigne
#22. If you only give back what you get from other people, you're not giving as much as you can.
Ron Kaufman
#23. When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time.
Darius Rucker
#24. To derive joy from simple things; to derive joy from beautiful, giving persons; to give back, indeed to give away; to be thankful, as we are so often told we must be, for small mercies.
Arun Shourie
#25. At the beginning, you are 20 and you can just imagine ... don't get me wrong, but having money. Then you realise that it's not only about you and what you are doing but that you have to give back.
Thierry Henry
#26. To me, money is the ability to create lifelong experiences for my family and myself, to educate my children and a way to give back to humanity.
Cat Cora
#27. You can owe nothing, if you give back its light to the sun.
Antonio Porchia
#28. I give away about 50 percent of my income, so my, you know, desire to give back to the country is pretty strong and I intend to give away a lot more. I've signed the giving pledge with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, and I intend to give away the bulk of my money.
David Rubenstein
#29. In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much," she said. "See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service.
Michel'le
#30. My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
Colin Powell
#31. I remember asking my dad, "Why didn't you ever move to the States? You probably could have made a lot more money." My dad said, "Because I have an obligation to give back." I always admired him for that.
Will Arnett
#32. Selfish isn't a dirty word. It means we take care of ourselves and are able to give back.
Jillian Michaels
#33. The U.K. and the U.S. could not have been built today without Africa's aid. It is all the resources that were taken from Africa, including human, that built these countries today! So when they try to give back, we shouldn't be on the defensive.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
#34. That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that.
Snoop Dogg
#35. Many entrepreneurs that made their fortunes by founding successful technology companies want to give back and solve the world's biggest problems on a grand scale. There is tremendous opportunity in this approach.
Peter Diamandis
#36. Put your Isaac on the altar! Then, and only then, will you see what God can do. He cannot give back what you do not give up. But if you surrender yourself to Him, He will provide the ram in the thicket.
Mark Batterson
#37. I know for sure that you cannot give to everyone else and not give back to yourself. You will end up empty, or at best, less than what you can be for yourself and your family and your work. Replenish the well of yourself, for yourself.
Oprah Winfrey
#38. On a personal note I want to gain more confidence and give back in any way I can.
Skylar Laine
#39. My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
Bailee Madison
#40. My music is mostly for the music. And it gives the liberty to do anything which I want. And nobody limits me to one genre of music. But I learn from life and I try to give back to life, in a way, whether it's the thought of the song or whether it's the approach to the arrangement or anything.
A.R. Rahman
#41. 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
#42. The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what we do. It's a great platform for us to give back to the community that started me in the game and other communities.
Zach Johnson
#43. 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
#44. Everyone always helped me out growing up, and everyone now supports me Sunday. So whenever there's a chance to give back, to the community, to the less fortunate kids so they have the opportunity to gain the most potential they can in their life to be success, it's always good to do.
Rob Gronkowski
#45. Loving yourself unconditionally is one of the most precious gifts you can give back to God.
Nancy Rynes
#46. 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
#47. Because its myriad glimmering plumes Like a great army's stir and wave; Because its golden billows blooms, The poor man's barren walks to lave: Because its sun-shaped blossoms show How souls receive the light of God, And unto earth give back that glow I thank him for the Goldenrod.
Lucy Larcom
#48. Wealth is what you take from the world; worth is what you give back.
Mark Goulston
#50. I've created, directed and choreographed for Lady Gaga since the beginning, so 'Born This Way,' this was musically such an amazing evolution and such a brilliant record. So when she played it for me, it took me a while to find out the visual interpretation that I could give back to her.
Laurieann Gibson
#51. 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
#52. Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life.
Tony Robbins
#53. The time for common-sense immigration reform is now," Grayson said in a news release. "We must set forth a straightforward route to citizenship for the undocumented immigrants who already live in our communities, work for our businesses and want to give back to the country that they call home.
Alan Grayson
#54. We should feel grateful instead of entitled. We have a moral obligation to give back.
Bill Courtney
#55. I felt I had to give back to our wonderful country which has been so good to me and to my family.
Donald Trump
#56. The blessing is not about being able to receive as much as it is being in a position to give back to others.
Justin Bieber
#57. Choose to live and choose to love;
choose to rise above and give back
what you yourself were given.
Gilgamesh
#58. It would be great to give back to this city and its youth brigade important lessons that will help them become future champions. I look forward to this opportunity.
Pat Cash
#59. 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
#60. I would just say that if Governor Romney would like to give back all the money he's earned from bankrupting companies and laying off employees over his years at Bain that I would be glad to then listen to him. I'll bet you $10, not $10,000, that he won't take the offer.
Newt Gingrich
#61. If you have a good self-esteem, you can be generous, you can give back and you can be productive in the world.
Deborra-Lee Furness
#62. All we can give back and all God wants from any of us is to humbly and proudly return the product that we have been given - which is ourselves!
Richard Rohr
#63. For us, my wife and I and all of my partners believe that corporations have to be corporate citizens, and individuals who benefit from them, or who have built them, need to give back.
Mark Walter
#64. The more we give, the more we receive. It's important to give back, because the seeds you plant today, you will harvest tomorrow.
Farrah Gray
#65. Never take more out of life, than you intend to give back.
Robert M. Hensel
#66. But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be answer to your prayer. To deny that is to deny the most important part of the future.
Mitch Albom
#67. Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.
Bill Gates
#68. I'd have to say I'm most proud of my mentoring camp that I do in Dallas every year for one hundred boys from single-parent homes. I was raised by a mother who was a Sunday school teacher and a father who worked hard. Together they taught me to give back.
Steve Harvey
#69. By praying for our husbands and looking to the Lord rather than to our circumstances, we trust Him to carry both our husband and his burden. Then from the overflow of our hearts, we can give back to and encourage our men.
Shaunti Feldhahn
#70. With a generation of younger folks who have thrived on the success of their companies, there is a big opportunity for many of us to give back earlier in our lifetime and see the impact of our philanthropic efforts.
Mark Zuckerberg
#72. When the people call Earth 'Mother,' they take with love and with love give back so that all may live.
Marilou Awiakta
#73. Those of us who have been very fortunate have a duty to give back. Whether one gives a lot as one goes along as I do or a little and then a lot [when one dies] as Warrendoes is a matter of personal preference. I would hate to have people ask me for money all day long.
Charlie Munger
#74. I think it's important that we give back to society and our fellow man regardless of our professions. We all need help at times. And when we support each other, we're all a little stronger.
Rhonda Hopkins
#75. There's not a hair extension or a makeup artist that can make me feel the way I feel when i give back
Beverly Johnson
#76. You never know what life can hand you, but YOU have the choice and power to give back love and kindness in all you do and how you treat others.
Angela Rockwood
#77. If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
Magic Johnson
#78. I know it sounds cliche, but to give back is important. Sometimes we're given so much, we need to do something for other people. I think that's really important.
Stefanie Scott
#79. CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.
Derek Magyar
#80. I love him whose soul is lavish, who wants no thanks and does not give back: for he always gives, and desires not to keep for himself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
#81. I'd really like to give back to the world, but everything I've achieved, I've earned on my own, so what's the point?
Zach Braff
#82. It feels good to give back to the people who support you.
Adrian Peterson
#83. I'm going to publicly challenge the biggest names in religion to repent and give back the money they've ripped off from the poor.
Richard Rossi
#84. You had many more years," he said.
"I didn't want them."
"But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be an answer to
your prayer. To deny that is to deny the most important part of the future."
"What's that?"
"Hope.
Mitch Albom
#85. When you have made it in life, you must give back to those who made you.
Aliko Dangote
#86. I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful.
Ron Conway
#87. IT'S A LITTLE HARD FOR ME TO STAND BEHIND THE WALLS OF THE GREAT MANSION AND PLAY ROCK AND ROLL STAR. I FEEL THE NEED TO GIVE BACK.
Jon Bon Jovi
#88. Finding creative and effective ways to simultaneously give back and economically empower people is something that is increasingly important. Not everyone can open a business and directly create jobs in the way that we have at Red Rooster Harlem.
Marcus Samuelsson
#89. The more successfully a city mingles everyday diversity of uses and users in its everyday streets, the more successfully, casually (and economically) its people thereby enliven and support well-located parks that can thus give back grace and delight to their neighborhoods instead of vacuity.
Jane Jacobs
#90. When you have what you want (inner peace), you are less distracted by your wants, needs, desires, and concerns. It's thus easier to concentrate, focus, achieve your goals, and to give back to others.
Richard Carlson
#91. I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.
Plotinus
#92. It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.
Eddie Money
#93. I own about 300 pairs of shoes. When I start to go over 300, I have mini-sales from my closet and give the money to charity. It's my way of recycling; I feel like I can give back to the universe.
Stacy London
#94. I'm able to impact kids' lives, I'm able to give back and I will impact so many kids' lives because I feel like that moment taught me that no matter where you are in life, no matter what you may want in life you keep going.
La'el Collins
#95. Acting is a smaller piece in a big puzzle. There are charity things I want to immerse myself in and want to have the time to go and give back to people who don't have the opportunities I have. It's a very important thing to me.
Ashley Greene
#96. I would just love to be able to give back to figure skating.
Michelle Kwan
#97. I traveled all over the South looking for factories - to keep production in the South. I wanted to give back to the place and people that raised me.
Reese Witherspoon
#98. 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
#99. I find that the more I give back, the more comes to me.
Brett Cullen
#100. At the end of the day, you either want or you don't want to know about it. It's a mercy thing - you have to give back. However you do it, you have to give something back. You have to.
Thierry Henry
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