Alex Haley Quotes

The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.

I like being successful. Giving back is just a part of that.

I am really quite proud of most of the people I " know who have "made it," who do things to help people.

I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.

I want to do something to help people.

It gives me satisfaction to help people.

What motivates me is everything that I have been a small part of.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

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

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

If you can help anyone in any way, that is what we are here for. The pinnacle of my life has really been two lives - golf and service to my fellow man.

I've been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.

Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.

I've loved just being a part of other people's success.

We always work for money but when you do something for The Banyan, you feel so good.

I get true joy out of that, being able to help people.

I am happy because I am helping the team and happy because I am playing well.

I'm doing pretty good for myself, and I'm very proud and very humbled at where I'm at, and I'm extremely blessed.

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.

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.

Most people think of success in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms of giving.

The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I'd add to that, giving something back. No definition of a successful life can do anything but include serving others.

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.

If you want to experience joy in your life, you have to be able to step outside yourself and become part of a cause that is much larger than you; one that brings a greater good to a greater community.