Agnes de Mille Quotes

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.

I think it is so great when artists use their voice to help other people and it is really great to be a part of the benefit.

I think what I really want to do [is] do something charitable.

I think that's an obligation you have, to give back no matter what happens. It actually ends up being easier when you're young than when you become successful. Suddenly you realize you've gone into a whole other realm of philanthropy, from just being a volunteer to being this person that dedicates buildings and saves lots of children in some faraway place.

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

Life is short. Help more people.

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

I'm also very passionate about charity because it helps people who don't have as loud of a voice as I do.

I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth got large enough and Melinda and I had talked about the view that wealth wasn't something that would be good to just pass to the children.

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

If I never won a Grammy, I would be satisfied, if in fact I could help people. I don't say that because it sounds like something cool to say.

I think after a certain amount, I’m going to give almost everything I have to charity. What else can you do with it? You can't spend it, even if you try. I've been trying.

I was very privileged and really blessed with so many material and spiritual gifts that I should give back, ... I should do something for my people, but ... it's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.

What we did was to try and exploit that spirit [the idea of giving], which was there even before I approached individual South Africans [to give to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund]. I think we must start from that angle.

I've always felt obligated to help those less fortunate than me. It's an obligation that anyone who has a chance to be in the NBA should feel and act upon.

I want to serve the people.

I've worked with a lot of gay and lesbian organizations. I sit on the board of the Empire State Pride Agenda. I've also done a lot of work for Broadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS. I think it's important because, when we can be of service to others, it only enhances our lives. I've been helped a lot in my life.

Each one of us can do a good deed, every day and everywhere. In hospitals in desperate need of volunteers, in homes for the elderly where our parents and grandparents are longing for a smile, a listening ear, in the street, in our workplaces and especially at home.

If I'm able to use my voice to do good in the world then I definitely want to do that.

Each one of our ideas should benefit the people with less power than us.

I like giving back to the community, because it lasts a long time.

For me, it has always been about using my platform to help others.

I feel like sometimes I'm in a position to really do some good, so I try 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.

My faith motivates me to really try to work on behalf of and advocate for those who are least able to advocate for themselves.