Irvin Mayfield Quotes

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.

Personal faith can be a powerful force for public good.

In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.

We are serious as a heart attack about making the world a better place.

I am a huge believer in giving back and helping out in the community and the world. Think globally, act locally I suppose. I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

Little changes can start to make a difference in the world.

It always feels good to be a part of something you think could actually impact human beings.

I want to do good work in the world.

I think there is a value in leaving the world a little better off, and movies can do that in a minor way.

I really want to build something to make the world a better place.

The most important responsibility we have on this planet is to take care of one another.

I'd like to say that people... people can change anything they want to; and that means everything in the world. Show me any country and there'll be people in it. And it's the people that make the country. People have got to stop pretending they're not on the world... It's time to take that humanity back into the center of the ring and follow that for a time... Think on that. Without people you're nothing.

I set out to try to help my fellow man and to do what little I could to make the world a better place.

A man's value to the community primarily depends on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.

I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.

Sheik Hilaly is making a good contribution. He is making a good contribution.

If you were to ask me what I want to do - I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

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.'

If I had not played basketball and made the millions of dollars that I had made, I would never have been able to build a hospital in Congo. It started in 1997, and 10 years later I was able to unveil the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital, named after my mother, in my hometown outside of Kinshasa. It was such a blessing.

I think the main thing is to find something you care about. A cause. I think it starts with others. Who do you look up to? Who do you want to help? Start in your own community.

I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.

I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.

My label, my team and I are always looking to get involved with positive things.

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.

It's important to do see the results of your philanthropy while you are alive.