Jim Kelly Quotes

Never give up. Laugh a lot. Be good to others.

To be happy, make other people happy.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your disappointment.

It is a great day anytime I can bring a smile to a girl or boy, knowing that I am helping to inspire them to always dream big.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.

I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in .

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.

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.

If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world.

I do small things. I try to do good things every day.

No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

People really want to do something good. You just have to show them where it is.

My dad would always say, 'What can you do to make the world a better place?' Well, I can make people laugh.

There's always going to be somebody worse off than me.

If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

Times might be tough, your head and thoughts might be spinning, but I find it's physically impossible to do that spiral thing when your mind is focused on giving and creating opportunity.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

I have to read something positive every single day. I have to have faith that the day is unfolding in a way that is going to be useful to somebody else... For me, living every day in gratitude has been profound for me.

I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

Be a force of love as often as you can and turn away negative thoughts whenever you feel them surface.

Good Deeds Day is based on a simple idea that every person can do a good deed for the benefit of others and the planet. Even a smile that brightens someone else's day is a good deed. I initiated Good Deeds Day to spread the message that everyone can give of themselves, according to their heart's desire.