Angela Duckworth Quotes

I always wanted to work in charitable things, community outreach, etc.

I'm doing work in the community.

I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities.

All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.

I have been into social work since 45 years, and at an average, every day for one or two hours, I have been engaging in social discourses. It is not a small thing.

You can be in a nonprofit organization. You can serve your fellow man in a variety of other ways. You don't necessarily have to win political office.

I believe in sharing and contributing to society without being in politics.

There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.

Community involvement is second nature to me. I've been doing it since high school.

One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we also feel we need to work.

I work with a lot of different charities, and by that I don't mean merely by giving money, but by really getting involved hands-on. I've always said that one of the reasons why I was put on this Earth was to help people. That's something I've always enjoyed both here in America and if I have the opportunity when I'm traveling out of the country. For example, I like to visit orphanages to spend time with the children. That's very important to me.

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

One day I got an invite to help the Christina Noble Foundation, and by this stage, I'd already been talking about her for 10 years. I said 'yes' right away, and that was the first time I met her.

I'm an artist, but, as I get older, I really want to do philanthropic work and help people.

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.

I spend as much time as I possibly can doing things for other people, if I can. If I see a need and I feel that I can help, I do it. I work a great deal in terms of charities and things.

I've been doing a lot of stuff that has to do with charity and giving. I'm trying to give and not take as much.

Everywhere you look, there is a charity or a project in school to get involved in. In eighth grade, there was this program called CJSF, California Junior Scholarship Foundation. We were involved in soup kitchens and toy drives, and your school can set up something like that. If your school doesn't have a program like that, set one up.

UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.

When I got signed, I wanted to be involved in a charity, but it was hard because I didn't know which problems to start with.

I do a lot of stuff. I mean, you know, charity work.

Meeting people who want to start a charity, help out their families, or raise money for a good cause has been really fun.

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.

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

In my view, a philanthropist is anyone who gives anything - time, money, experience, skills or networks - in any amount, to create a better world. This is not how we once thought about philanthropy. The word used to conjure up something rather passive - sitting down and writing checks.