Ingrid Newkirk Quotes

One has to do good in order for it to exist in the world.

Compassion has to become a discipline. It's something that you do. It's no good thinking that you agree with compassion or not, you've just got to do it. Just like it's no good agreeing that it's possible to float, you just have to get into the pool and then you learn that it's possible.

If you care enough, you make a difference.

To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.

If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

I'm one of those people that, if I hear about something happening, I go crazy. I want to go help.

It's important to think good, speak good, and do good. If we want to see positive change in the world, then we need to connect to goodness. I try in everything I do, both in business and philanthropy, to make a positive change and do that by doing good.

Putting forward your positive energy connects you back to basic human values which we all share. Good Deeds Day shows that no matter the size of the gesture, a smile that brightens someone else's day or volunteering in your community, we can all take active part in making a difference.

For me, the difference between an 'ordinary' and an 'extraordinary' person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.

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

With our brains and our smarts and our altruistic capability, we can do a lot of good.

I feel like sometimes I'm in a position to really do some good, so I try to do that.

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.

A good deed, "said the prophet Mohammed, "is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another." Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding efforts on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time.

A kindness is never wasted

To do good, you actually have to do something.

I think kindness is a sort of gateway virtue - having that simple aspiration can get you into deep water very quickly - in a good way.

It's not enough to be compassionate. You must act.

I resolve to be more patient, less selfish, cherish my friends, and in my small way help whoever needs help. I cannot conceivably influence the world's destiny, but I can make my own life more worthwhile. I can give some help to some people; that is not vital to all the world's problems and yet, I think if everyone did just that, we might see quite a world in our time!

If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you can do.

It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.

Help people with problems, your problems disappear.

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

Power is the ability to do good things for others.