Jason Newsted Quotes

One said of suicide, As long as one has brains one should not blow them out. And another answered, But when one has ceased to have them, too often one cannot.

The highest of distinctions is service to others.

I try to be a good person every day. If you didn't like me, there would be something wrong with you, because I really go out and work as hard as I can to help people. I put myself last - always. I'm a giver all the way.

My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.

I'd rather have happiness than money. People ask for it. Sometimes when I don't have it. I make other people's problems my problem because they want me to; they ask me to.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares.

My father is the man that, he will give you what he doesn't have, still. If he has 10 bucks and you need 10 bucks because you're sick or you don't have nothing to eat, he will give you 10 bucks. He will be at zero, but he will help you. That's the kind of man that my father is.

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.

No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide.

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight.

Heroes are people who think more of others than themselves. This is not to say that they don't think of themselves. They do. They certainly do. But they think of others more.

Being a giver is not about saying yes to all of the people all of the time to all of the requests.

Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.

I'll put a bullet through my own brain. Let alone wait for stark to do it. Your sister will drive me to it, Howard. No offense.

It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

I will do anything for anybody that asks me to do anything for a kid.

To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or at least put them in proper focus.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Old maids do not mind giving people trouble.

So, I gave my belts out to others to give them a chance.

There is a sign that hangs on my wall that says, 'What is it you want me to do to somebody else that is more important than what you want me to do for you?'

I didn't do this for the President. When I had this opportunity, not only was it work, but it was something that I could do, as an actor, for the victims and their families. Something I could give back.