Bill Luther Quotes

I certainly hope that we can all continue to be forces for good after leaving the White House.

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.

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.

I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.

America somehow thinks that leadership relates to governance, and it certainly does. But society is much bigger than governance, and some of the truly great leadership of our society is outside the governance arena.

I had the opportunity at Duke to start doing things in the community, and it's something I continue to do even 20 years later.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.

I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change!

It's been ingrained in me, from my parents and others, this idea of making a difference in the world.

As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity.

When you live in a place, you're not just taking from it, you're contributing to it. In America I would never be able to make myself a person who could contribute. I wasn't interested in that society; I was interested in this society.

I am a huge believer in giving back and helping out in the community and the world. Think globally, act locally I suppose. I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

I was always brought up that if you can make a difference, you should, and if you don't it's a waste. So we'll see if I can make a difference.

I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society.

It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.

Our age gives the more receptive among the young such a sense of social responsibility that one is inclined at times to fear that social interests may encroach upon individual development, that a knowledge of all the ills affecting the community may act as too powerful a damper on the joys of youth.

For most young Americans I know, 'serving' in the broadest sense now seems like the only thing to do.

Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.

Political service is important because it's about helping others help themselves. That was engrained in me from a young child.

I think young people can make such an extraordinarily important difference in making this world a better place.

Getting in the community, working with the kids, was a way that I felt like I could get out and make a change.

I hope I work effectively, but I never feel I have exhausted what I should be doing... I believe we have a responsibility to be a good influence on others.

My main job and my overwhelming job starts with my family, my street, my neighborhood, and my city.

I want society to feel they are part of a process of change.