Christiane Amanpour Quotes

Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero?

I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.

Most of us believe that we are morally bound to live as long as we can and to help our neighbors do the same.

Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by maudlin sentimentality, but by the higher duty I owe myself.

Your government is still on the same side of the street as the Good Samaritan and not those who pass by on the other side.

You feel the intense desire to do good, to do right thing. At this stage, you also feel helpless.

The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft.

The doing of things from duty is but a stage on the road to the kingdom of truth and love.

We all have the duty to do good.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

My biggest aspiration is to inspire people to do good. I believe that our wish for a harmonious world begins and ends with doing good. To inspire and empower people to focus on goodness, I wrote a new book called 'Activate Your Goodness: Transforming the World through Doing Good.'

I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.

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

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

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

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others.

We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing.

I think a lot of people are getting more serious about how to do the most good, but there is no road map. I'm hoping I can offer an example.

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

I have the satisfaction of knowing I did something useful for society.