James T. Walsh Quotes

It's my goal to show the world that Americans know how to help Americans without expecting the government to come riding in on a white horse and save the day.

Given the tools, resources and opportunities to help, more Americans can use their time, talent, voice and money to meet the critical needs of our communities.

I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.

I married a woman from New Orleans, so I had family here. Post-Katrina, I had a number of friends call me up and say they wanted to do something to help the community - not just Habitat for Humanity or Red Cross, we've done that, but what can we do for the community.

I support organizations that help people do better for themselves and the community.

The thing about our country, Americans, and New Yorkers in particular, we all want to help. There's real folks who want to help. The problem is, they don't know how. They don't know how to get involved.

Every time we do anything, Austin's the No. 1 place of all that supports it. Austin is our biggest philanthropic helper, even for things that have nothing to do with Austin or Texas.

My foundation mainly works in Chicago, and the city needs a lot of help. I'm glad that was able to be incorporated into what I'm doing with Wolverine. It's important to keep one foot firmly planted at home and try to benefit my people well.

I love giving back to kids and helping my community.

First and foremost it's important that we're able to put something back in the game, which we have always done. We're doing this to help needy charities along with the police forces in different towns and cities.

My commitment is to Los Angeles, so whatever helps this continue to be a great city, that's what I would be focused to do, and the Dodgers are certainly iconic to Los Angeles.

Sometimes you have to put back in the community.

The challenge to people like me is, how do you use your capabilities and resources to help support things that are important to you, whether it's the arts or education or homelessness?

In order to effect great change, we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally.

The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.

Too often in our communities many families have not even been aware that certain charities exist; and at the same time, there are many who are willing to volunteer their energy and their resources to help these charities, yet they do not know these charities even exist.

My wife and I started a program called Bears Without Borders. We raise money and hire local artisans to make stuffed animals and distribute them in their communities.

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government.

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility.

I've always believed that it's important to give something back to the world and community.

We donate a lot of food to rescue organizations.

For our welfare reform efforts to be successful, we must empower local charitable organizations with the resources to address their local community needs.

It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.