Joseph P. Kennedy III Quotes

On Christmas morning, before we could open our Christmas presents, we would go to this stranger's home and bring them presents. I remember helping clean the house up and putting up a tree. My father believed that you have a responsibility to look after everyone else.

Why is it so important for you to give back? I honestly feel like it's our responsibility as citizens of the world to ground ourselves in selflessness and all do our part.

I grew up in a family that was committed to service, to reaching out and helping others. That's what inspired me to work in public service.

We know that we're fortunate. We have a wonderful life and it is an honour for us to be of service, and every single day dedicated to helping others and making this society and this country a better place for more people.

I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.

Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.

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.

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

You've got to give something back. You can't just sit there.

I've always had a passion for giving back. It's a family tradition that comes from my devout parents. They were always giving back and serving the community. So when I became fortunate enough and blessed to play the game of basketball, I was also fortunate enough to follow in my parents' footsteps and give back like the way they did.

I definitely got my philanthropic genes from my mom and dad. They taught me from a very early age to always lend a helping hand to anyone in need, and I hope to raise my daughter to be a very kind and charitable person.

That's how we grew up - kinda like Pops would put his drums, his percussion and instruments into the car and we would just go to a facility in the Bay Area and he would say to us, 'You think we have it bad? There are people worse off than we are. Let's go give back to the kids.' And that's how we grew up.

Those who devote their lives to serving our country, children, and neighborhoods are giving back. They have answered the call to serve.

The end of all education should surely be service to others

I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings.

Every day, people serve their neighbors and our nation in many different ways, from helping a child learn and easing the loneliness of those without a family to defending our freedom overseas. It is in this spirit of dedication to others and to our country that I believe service should be broadly and deeply encouraged.

I want to be more than just an artist and be a people's person and do a lot of stuff for people.

I just want to be a better person to the community.

As my parents taught me, by both words and deeds, a life of public services is as much a gift to the person who serves as it is to those he's serving.

We have always been a family that's given back. We just don't make a lot of noise about it.

I just try to go out and help others, to do whatever I can to make a difference.

You're part of the problem or the solution. Solution means, in my opinion, to be taking extra time and energy in trying to give back to the world.

It feels good to be in a place now where I can give back to my community.

We feel like if we can give back, that's what we are called to do. So we've been fortunate to do a lot of really cool things and touch a lot of people's lives.

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