Leona Lewis Quotes

One of the nicest satisfactions you can have is to be able to give something back to your parents when they've given so much to you.

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

Whenever anybody comes to me with a way that I can give something back, it would be ungrateful at this point in my life to not say yes.

From where I came from, the way I was raised, when somebody does something for you, you always want to give something back to them.

The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.

I think you have to be grateful to those who have helped you.

I get excited about people doing stuff, and to whom I want to give. And I believe in giving back to people who have helped me and my family in the past. The key is getting excited.

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

I've been given so much, and if I can just give back a tenth of what I've been given, then it's all worth it.

I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been held out to me. I have to remember who helped me when I needed help. The people of Jamaica helped me. I can't forget that. I would be ungrateful if I forgot.

That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that.

If I spent the rest of my life getting even with the people that had helped me out, I would never settle the score.

My parents sacrificed so much for all of us. It makes me want to give back to them by being the best I can be.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

It is not polite to receive a favor without returning it.

I owe my brother a great deal.

Chelsea gave me everything that I needed, and now I have time to give back all that Chelsea give me.

When you see the sacrifices that your parents make for you, you want to do well for them.

I'm most proud of making my mom happy. Really. Because she gave me life, and she supported me. So I want to be able to give back to her.

There's certain people that you owe it to, for the things they've done for you.

It's easy to give back to people who are so genuine and kind.

In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.

I am the recipient of many benefits that I do not deserve and did not earn. Someone else paid for them. I am grateful! How do I show my gratitude? By daily pouring into others and passing on to them the things that will allow them to run far and achieve beyond what I have done.

This sport has given me so much that my hope would be to give back as much as I can for as long as I can.