Don Yaeger Quotes

Ever since I was young I understood the whole meaning of life isn't how much money you accumulate, how much fame you experience, it's how many lives you touch, how many faces you bring smiles to. I see myself back in Hawaii doing something in the community to improve the lives of young children. Everything I've done is to prepare myself to give back.

I always knew that I wanted to do the most that I could for the most people.

I am really quite proud of most of the people I " know who have "made it," who do things to help people.

Not to sound cliché or anything, but with the downtime that I have and the possible platform that my work could give me, I'd like to figure out a way to give back and make a difference, you know?

For me, success is being able to give back to your friends, your family, your community, those in need and the world entire.

I wish there was something more that performers could do other than get out there and sing at benefit performances. I wish I felt that if I had an empty room I'd like to bring in someone and make it a hospice, but I'm not Mother Teresa. I can't do that.

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

I get enormous satisfaction from knowing I'm doing something for society.

I've achieved a certain amount of success and now I'm thinking about the good things I can do.

I love to be able to do something positive with what celebrity I have. I like to be able to make it about something bigger than me; if I can help in some way, I'm happy 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.

What could I do with $1 million? What can I do with the satisfaction that I perhaps today helped somebody to have a better life. That's real reward. The million dollars, nothing.

What am I doing with the gifts that have been given and the opportunities that are mine to make things better for others? I think it's always - success has to be beyond the person who is themselves working for personal success. It's also got to be helping someone else.

A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.

The greatest achievements are those that benefit others.

I set out to try to help my fellow man and to do what little I could to make the world a better place.

Life is short. Help more people.

In charity, every little bit works. You can't change the world. You can't do everything. But you sure try to bring awareness and do as much as you can.

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, "I'm earning enough to support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good father, husband, churchgoer." That's all very well. But you must do something more. 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. Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do.

Looking back, if I had to live my life over, there are things I would do differently, but the one thing I would not change is my charitable giving. I'm particularly thankful for my father's advice to set goals so high that they can't possibly be achieved during a lifetime and to give help where help is needed most. That inspiration keeps me energized and eager to keep working hard every day on giving back and making the world a better place for generations to come.

My parents taught my sister and me the importance of giving back and making a difference in another person's life.

We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. We want to leave the world better than we found it.

I think it's important to be involved with charities that don't necessarily reflect what you're dealing with in your life.

As a person, you want to feel like you're giving back. That's something I've always enjoyed doing.