Kyra Sedgwick Quotes

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

I have no responsibilities but to make people's lives better.

The goal isn't how much money you make, but how much you help people.

My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.

If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

Your government is still on the same side of the street as the Good Samaritan and not those who pass by on the other side.

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

I believe giving back is one of the greatest life lessons we can teach our children: that the world isn't all about them and that, through our actions, people will really discover what kind of a person we truly are.

After my accident, the stuff that mattered was stuff that made a difference in the world, not the stuff that made money.

If you make one person happy, there you go - you did your job.

With our brains and our smarts and our altruistic capability, we can do a lot of good.

Just because we cannot do everything for everyone does not mean we should do nothing for anyone.

Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero?

In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.

My biggest aspiration is to inspire people to do good. I believe that our wish for a harmonious world begins and ends with doing good. To inspire and empower people to focus on goodness, I wrote a new book called 'Activate Your Goodness: Transforming the World through Doing Good.'

Altruism is one of the most fundamentally social impulses, and doing things for others without expecting anything in return is core to what makes us human. This is why, from the day Facebook Platform launched in 2007, Causes has been honored to be one of the most popular applications, with over 140 million users.

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in .

I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life - whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.

What makes the meaning of life is people, so you try to be good to people immediately around you and in your broader community. So a lot of my projects are about how I can affect the world in the hundreds of millions.

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

People really want to do something good. You just have to show them where it is.

I run a bunch of charities and I say this line to people: 'I am somebody who has always been helped.' A little thing like that can make people believe it.