George F. Kennan Quotes

I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.

There are a lot of good things that we can do. Maybe my example can help someone.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

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

I hope that what I am today is of positive benefit to other people.

To be good is noble but to show others how to be good is nobler.

For me, my 'will to power,' I guess, is just to live a positive life and spread positivity as much as possible to other people and other living beings and hope that with whatever audience I have for my voice, I can actually do some good in the world.

However you can affect somebody positively is what you should aspire to do.

With me being a sportsman and being an icon who people know, if I can even send a little message across which will maybe help a lot of people, I'm going to do that.

Mr. Harinton was real. There were adults in the world who would actually make sacrifices for others - not just for their own families but for anyone who needed help. Nicholas had always had the impression that families looked after one another, and he had come to understand that, on rare ocassions, children would do the same... But this was different. What Mr. Harinton was doing certainly helped Nicolas - but it also simply felt right to Nicholas. It made him want to be exactly like Mr. Harinton himself.

Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

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.

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do.

I would like to show that I have a heart, that I am a human being and I have feelings. And to be this kind of role model, not only for beauty pageants but also for life.

I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.

My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

I think the years on 'The Donna Reed Show,' the years from 14 to 19, were so incredibly important. Donna Reed was simply an extraordinary woman, a woman of great strength, kindness, integrity and compassion. I am not trying to make her sound like a saint, but she had the most profound influence on me. I carry her with me today.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.

I don't want my dad to say, 'My daughter is an actress on a TV show.' I want him to say, 'My daughter cares about people.' I would love to know that I'm a role model in Hollywood.

I've tried to take the opportunity to be as positive a person as I can be, as positive role model as I can be.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.