Peter Mullan Quotes

If you care about people, then you're willing to act not just with compassion, but you're also willing to act with courage.

What makes the meaning of life is people, so you try to be good to people immediately around you and in your broader community. So a lot of my projects are about how I can affect the world in the hundreds of millions.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

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.

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

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.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.

I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.

I feel that I have such an abundance in my life, and once you've seen how many people suffer and how little it takes for you to actually change their lives for the better, it's hard not to do something.

I like to live well and I feel good about it because I know how much we give back. There's plenty for my family, now let's take care of the rest.

You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for a really good cause.

For this is our most perfect duty and yet least known to us by nature: Whatever we conceive or will should be joined with the good of our neighbor.

I have found that the only thing that does bring you happiness is doing something good for somebody who is incapable of doing it for themselves.

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

I think it's really important to give back and show other people that you care.

When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.

Compassion and mercy are important, period. It doesn't matter who's at our receiving end, but we need to be flexing those muscles. It's not mutually exclusive: If you have compassion for children starving in Africa, it doesn't mean you can't have compassion for adults in Africa or animals that are being tortured and abused.

If everyone were a good person, it'd obviously be a better world.

I think it's very important to support those who can't help themselves - children, animals - and especially to do so in your own neighborhood.

If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.