Adrian Grenier Quotes

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

The great happiness in life is not to donate but to serve.

It gives me satisfaction to help people.

I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back.

I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.

I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.

To have a meaningful life, you have to be of service …

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Work and live to serve others, to leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness.

True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.

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

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

You have to be generous if you want to spend your time making someone else dinner. Even if you're charging, you're still giving.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

I think there is something for all of us where you find a balance in your life, where you feel that everything you do isn't about your own creature comforts or satisfying your own appetites. Some of it has to be directed outward and there is a huge satisfaction in that.

That's what helps me keep playing: the idea of giving something to others. Because personally, I've had my fill.

It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness.

I think for me, happiness is crucial, but I think we think that happiness comes from amassing goods and getting things and being loved and being successful, when in fact my experience of happiness comes when you give everything away, when you serve people, when you're watching something you do make somebody happy - that's when happiness happens.

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.