Jimmy Smits Quotes

The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people creating funds and giving back in all sorts of productive ways. It's a terrifically satisfying thing.

I'm here to save someone. I really want to help other people, especially the youth.

I just want to give back and kind of be a resource for younger generations.

I always believe that you have to give back what you have learnt.

Giving back has definitely kept me grounded. Stepping outside of yourself to serve a group or community of people who are in need in some facet has a way of doing that. I don't ever want to grow to a place where giving back becomes a foreign concept.

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far.

As we get older, it's important for us to help hand back some of what we've gained as we've grown older. It should be one of your responsibilities - it's almost like being a mentor.

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.

I launched The Emeril Lagasse Foundation to provide culinary training, and developmental and educational programs to children in the cities where my restaurants operate. I think everyone has a responsibility to give back to the community if they can, and to help future generations learn new skills.

My parents taught us it's important to give back.

I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.

Charity is a very personal equation, like we say charity begins at home. It starts with your immediate help in the house: the people who work for you.

I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.

I very much believe in teaching young people about philanthropy, and to give back.

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.

You should want to give something back.

I'm one of those people who want to give back and see other people do better.

What am I doing with the gifts that have been given and the opportunities that are mine to make things better for others? I think it's always - success has to be beyond the person who is themselves working for personal success. It's also got to be helping someone else.

Because I survived, I must do everything possible to help others.

Almost three years ago, when I retired, my wife and I were talking about our philanthropic work and how does one help give opportunity, particularly to kids growing up in very disadvantaged situations.And my initial kind of sense was, the government does that primarily, and what we should mostly do is pay our taxes. My wife said, no, I don't think that's quite right for us. We need to do more. We can do better.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

I think that if you start teaching about giving back and helping other people young, that will be a given for your child their whole life.

Sometimes you have to put back in the community.

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.

With the responsibility of being a professional athlete, I believe that it is on us to go out there and help people.