Seth Godin Quotes

Taking away from someone else will never make you any better.

The more you give, the more you grow.

I am learning to be more humble and giving as a person.

A more happy mind leads to quietness and clarity. And that clarity helps you have a greater capacity to do more and to become more successful and more giving.

There is no greater enjoyment than that of sharing something. Have you given something to somebody? That's why people enjoy giving gifts so much. It is a sheer delight. When you give something to somebody - maybe valueless, may not be of much value - but just the way, just the gesture that you give, satisfies tremendously. Just think of a person whose whole life is a gift! whose every moment is a sharing - he lives in heaven. There is no other heaven than that.

Give plenty of what is given to you, And listen to pity's call. Don't think the little you give is great, And the much you get is small.

Give something back by becoming more

I started volunteering at an animal shelter, and little by little, my life started getting better. I think that is the secret. It is just being on a mission that is something bigger than me and it's thankless. You do that because it is thankless, and I am not looking for anybody to say, 'Thanks' and 'You are great!'

How beautiful it is to excel, and the goodness of giving from your heart.

I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.

So get accomplished what you want to get accomplished in your life. And in the intervals, do what you can to help other people.

In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.

Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who helped me, educational institutions that helped me with scholarships, or organizations that were very useful to me in growing up.

It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich.

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.

You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.

I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

One of the things that evangelicals do really, really well is to make giving a joyous, social enterprise. Too often, the world sees giving as a burden, a sacrifice, when in fact it's more like an opportunity to help others and oneself at the same time.

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.

I don't want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I'm completely confused. I'm like, 'Didn't you make that movie already?' I've been very fortunate, and I'm well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

For me, happiness is doing my best and trying to be helpful.

Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in the dreary shop or the perfumed field.

I think the most surprising thing about giving is it takes a while to find out what you're really interested in and what you really want to do.

I want to be a good human being.

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.