Vanessa Redgrave Quotes

I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life - whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.

I wanted to save people's lives. I wanted to do something good in this world.

Saving people, helping people, is just something I always wanted to do.

We are fortunate people. It is our need and responsibility to help our fellow man.

I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.

One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve.

I have no responsibilities but to make people's lives better.

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.

You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble.

Although there are people saying I'm putting on a show, I'm hoping more will emulate my 'performance.' If more people did, more needy people would get help.

Though we cannot relieve all the distressed, we should relieve as many as we can.

The end of all education should surely be service to others

My belief is that people are innately good and innately do want to help their fellow man.

Philanthropic work reminds you of everyone's common humanity, and that's really the common denominator for everyone.

I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings.

It is my duty to bring awareness to people in need.

I believe we all have a responsibility to try to help other people in this world. To me, my ability to help and to do good for others will only increase if I'm more known and get to that really super elite level. That would be the huge benefit for me. It would put me in a position where I could just help more people.

I want to be more than just an artist and be a people's person and do a lot of stuff for people.

You don't have to wait for a tragedy to occur to rush to help those in need.

If I see a down-and-out I can't walk past, it really gets to me and I want to do everything I can.

If I didn't do music, I would do something to help people out.

Helping others is the key duty for everyone on this earth who is remotely capable to do so.

We all, as individuals, can and should act compassionately and charitably. We can volunteer our time, energy, and dollars to help the underprivileged. We can feed the hungry, house the homeless. Most of us feel a moral and ethical responsibility to do so - to 'do unto others.'

I think we forget sometimes how blessed we are to be able to help others and make a difference!