Marcus Buckingham Quotes

I just want to give back and kind of be a resource for younger generations.

One cannot make oneself, but one can sometimes help a little in the making of somebody else. It is well.

Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.

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.

I'm one of those people who want to give back and see other people do better.

The constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own powers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others.

Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.

I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs

Doing deals doesn't yield the deep rewards that come from building up people.

The important thing is that you've got a strong foundation before you start to try to save the world or help other people.

Sometimes you have to take the focus off of you and put it on someone else and it's funny what you can accomplish and how much strength you really have.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.

I hope it's enabling me to deal with another human being who's more important to me than I am.

I run a bunch of charities and I say this line to people: 'I am somebody who has always been helped.' A little thing like that can make people believe it.

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.

Just the service aspect of running a nonprofit is so gratifying because it takes the attention off yourself. I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor. But it's really designed to focus on yourself, or it can be. So it's good to have something else to focus on that reminds you that it's not always about you.

I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

I am privileged to be able to work for the people of Hawaii in whatever capacity.

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.

As I got more successful, I felt it was more incumbent upon me to help the other people. I did more and more and the more I did the more I wanted.

I love helping the kids.