Tom Hayden Quotes

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

My life anuh fi me alone... My life a fi people... Fi help plenty people... If my is for me alone mi nuh want it

Recently, I was giving a speech and I said that it's time for many of us to "go home." Not necessarily to move back home but rather to go back to our communities and support those outreach programs and those people who could use our assistance.

It is only people with a sense of personal responsibility who can help others. It is only people with a sense of personal responsibility who can be helped in a lasting way.

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

By going into third world countries and serving, by actually feeding and helping people, I've been led to focus a little more on how people here try to be happy by ignoring other people who are unhappy.

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.

Sometimes you have to put back in the community.

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.

I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it's a responsibility we all share.

We're professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there's some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that's a responsibility we have. I really strongly believe that.

I want to serve the people.

We feel like if we miss a Sunday at church, that's one thing, but we can't miss an opportunity to help.

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 am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.

I've always believed that it's important to give something back to the world and community.

I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.

The thing about our country, Americans, and New Yorkers in particular, we all want to help. There's real folks who want to help. The problem is, they don't know how. They don't know how to get involved.

It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.

In my youngest days, the nuns at my grammar school drummed into us that we were in this world to make it a better place - not just for ourselves, but for other people, too. So from the very beginning, I've been driven by this idea that we have to make a difference, and it's one of the reasons I went into law in the first place.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

When I was younger, I played sports and went to camp. As I got older, my parents began to instill in us the importance of giving back to the community, especially those places around the world that are less fortunate than my very privileged life growing up in Los Angeles.

You’ve got to help people that are downtrodden and poor, and I just think that that’s part of our culture. You’ve got to help people that can’t help themselves.

My belief is that people are innately good and innately do want to help their fellow man.

I feel a responsibility to try and give back. I see young people out there who are trained, and any way I can help them and give them an opportunity is gratifying.