Paul Samuelson Quotes

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

If I'm able to use my voice to do good in the world then I definitely want to do that.

I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.

I always knew that I wanted to do the most that I could for the most people.

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

I'm not the biggest star in the world, but I do have a platform, and if I can use that platform to help somebody else, why wouldn't I?

I feel like it's important to use this gift God gave me, my life and my career to do something to make the world a better place. It's an easy thing for me to do.

I have the satisfaction of knowing I did something useful for society.

I want to make a difference.

When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.

I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.

Social change isn't something you should do just to help pad a resume. Follow your passion.

We live in a world of competing sorrows ... to govern is to choose.

Sometimes you have to give up one good in order to get another good.

Serve a cause greater than your self interest.

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?

To have a meaningful life, you have to be of service …

I go where the good work is being done.

There are so many causes that you care about, but one can't change or take on the world, so one has to really focus on where you feel you can - to use a very overworked phrase - truly try to do something to make a difference.

You have to make choices always. It's about the omission of something for the sake of another.

I'm using my platform to help out a little bit, you know. It's only right.

Just like so many other people out there, I don't want to sit on the sidelines, I want to do the most that I can to help.

It's incredible to be able to make an impact and use the platform that we have in the right way.

I feel like sometimes I'm in a position to really do some good, so I try to do that.

The greater the value of what we want, the greater the sacrifice we will have to make.