John Rowland Quotes

I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.

I believe in giving people a second chance.

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.

I want the world to know that everybody deserves a second chance.

My whole story is just about me having a second chance.

The only reward in a public life is public progress. You stand back and say, 'What did I get out of it?' You look around, and the place is better, and that's it.

America's a land of second opportunities.

I mean this country is all about second chances. Look at me.

Everyone deserves a second chance. That's just the way I am.

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.

I'm all about people being able to redeem themselves.

So long as a person who has made mistakes . . . honestly and sincerely wishes to be cured and to mend his ways, we should welcome him and cure his sickness so that he can become a good comrade. We can never succeed if we just let ourselves go and lash at him.

I do think that everybody deserves a second chance.

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

The business of second chances is everybody's business.

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.

I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.

My mother taught me that to maximize your philanthropic potential, you need to constantly challenge your capabilities and put yourself in situations that are not always comfortable. Through her example, I discovered that there is no more beautiful way to live a life than to live a life of service.

The one thing the Victorians really believed in was philanthropy. I think we've forgotten the obligation to be philanthropic. I think we need smaller government, but I want to make it clear I'm not the Sarah Palin of the Cotswolds.

I've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.

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.

I'm very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.

The Savior isn't our last chance; He is our only chance. Our only chance to overcome self-doubt and catch a vision of who we may become. Our only chance to repent and have our sins washed clean.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.