Tom Brokaw Quotes

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

If I can help one person in this world, then it's enough, and I've done my job.

I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life.

I feel I was very fortunate to be in the position to do something positive, to make a contribution to change. It gave me terrific satisfaction.

I just do what I can do to be one of the people who make a difference.

One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.

I've always felt I want to be of service to the world somehow. I haven't yet figured out how to do it, and I may never figure out how to do it.

I'm just an actor, but if the extra part of it is that I'm helping people or people are being helped by the virtue of what we're doing, then that's just a really nice added extra.

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.

The goal isn't how much money you make, but how much you help people.

It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.

To make a difference is just... I think... the purpose of what life is.

Given how well the cards have been dealt to someone like myself, I think there's an inherent obligation to try to reach out and make a difference.

Whatever avenue I feel like I can make a difference in, I'd love to do.

It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

I want to cause a change with my life, make the world a little better.

I'm using my platform to help out a little bit, you know. It's only right.

To be in the privileged position where I am able to give something back is, for me, perhaps the single most important measure of success.

I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.

I just want to do something that I feel makes a difference.

At the end of the day, I just do my job. I love my art. But I genuinely want to change the world. I'm very generous, and I really want people to see that I am - that's really it.

We only have so much life left. Before I do die, I want to do something good for people.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

I get great satisfaction from both business and philanthropy.