James Russell Lowell Quotes

I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

We can do more good by being good, than in any other way.

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler.

I felt that I could look back on my life and think about lots of folks that I helped become better folks. And I've tried to be as good a man as I could be.

Changing someone else's life positively changes yours for the better as well.

I try to be a good role model for my son, my family, my friends, and then I try to be a good role model for the rest of the people, too.

For me, my 'will to power,' I guess, is just to live a positive life and spread positivity as much as possible to other people and other living beings and hope that with whatever audience I have for my voice, I can actually do some good in the world.

You want to help people and make the world a better place in whatever way you can. I've tried to share the things I've learned, and for me it really is all about being a role model.

I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me.

All this stuff doesn't happen to you for your own sake. It doesn't happen to you so you can fill your shelves with trophies or line your pockets with cash; it happens so you can have a positive influence and encourage other people.

You'll know you're amazing when you get devoted to making other people amazing.

As soon as you seek to inspire others, it inspires the best in you.

I love that feeling of inspiring other women.

True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.

When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Some decide that happiness and glee are the same thing, they are not. When we choose happiness we accept the responsibility to lighten the load of someone else and to be a light on the path to another who may be walking in darkness.

I hope somewhere along the way, I've inspired someone to do something. ... And I hope they say that I was nice and polite.

Whatever it is that you wish to experience more of in your life, be the source of it in the life of another.

You cannot become great women if you are not also good women. Great women respond generously to their instincts to do good.

What more can life hold, than to know that because of your story, somebody out there has decided to read again!