Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

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

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, "I'm earning enough to support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good father, husband, churchgoer." That's all very well. But you must do something more. Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

I'm very aware that just driving blindly towards money won't get me anything. I drive blindly towards making the world a better place.

I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others.

If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for the life that I lead.

I've achieved a certain amount of success and now I'm thinking about the good things I can do.

I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.

One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

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.

All we can do is just think about what we can put into the world - not really kind of what we can get out of it.

If you devote yourself to more than yourself ... you will have more than yourself to show for yourself.

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.

To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.

When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.

We only have so much life left. Before I do die, I want to do something good for people.

One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.

It's a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

As a youngster in the projects, I definitely didn't have anything. So if you get something, you want to be able to give back and help others.

I've always felt I want to be of service to the world somehow. I haven't yet figured out how to do it, and I may never figure out how to do it.

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

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.