Alexander Downer Quotes

If you want to experience joy in your life, you have to be able to step outside yourself and become part of a cause that is much larger than you; one that brings a greater good to a greater community.

Personal faith can be a powerful force for public good.

I want to do good work in the world.

There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world - no matter how large or small our circle of influence.

Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.

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 think the main thing is to find something you care about. A cause. I think it starts with others. Who do you look up to? Who do you want to help? Start in your own community.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

What makes the meaning of life is people, so you try to be good to people immediately around you and in your broader community. So a lot of my projects are about how I can affect the world in the hundreds of millions.

Feel good about linking hands in human chain for good causes.

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

Not surprisingly, most people feel most beautiful when they are involved in an act of service, or are doing something that makes them feel generous, connected, or seen by others.

There are many ways to serve.

Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way.

I want to contribute to sport and the community in a positive way.

It's nice to help remember somebody who really made a very positive difference in the world.

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.

It's very easy for me to thank everyone for the incredible contribution they've made to my life.

I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader.

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward.

There's something to be said for giving and helping to change people's lives.

Use power to help people.

I'm a woman who wants to reach out and take 40 million people in her arms.