Colin Powell Quotes

Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.

I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

I feel that public service is so important and giving back, being a role model and helping people in need is something that I would love to do.

I am not a journalist. I'm just a guy who cares. I'm sorry. I'm just a guy who cares an awful lot about my country.

We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families.

I believe that all people that are successful should pay back their cities, their states, their towns, our country.

Sometimes you have to put back in the community.

Doing good for the community is something that should be a part of who you are. The more you get, the more you should give back.

We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.

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.

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

As a girl who was raised on the idea that we should give back to our community as much as possible, I believe that we have more power than we think when it comes to making change.

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

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.

Empowerment is not about doing the same thing the same way in the same environment. It's about building the man and the woman and doing so with a view to creating better citizens and, by extension, better patriots in this society of ours.

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

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.

The unique thing about our country is that we don't get behind politicians, politicians get behind us.

Everyone always helped me out growing up, and everyone now supports me Sunday. So whenever there's a chance to give back, to the community, to the less fortunate kids so they have the opportunity to gain the most potential they can in their life to be success, it's always good to do.

National service is America at its best.

The young people ... must recognize that they will get from their country tomorrow what they give her today.

Commonwealth has a right to the service of its citizens.

In the great fulfillment, we must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it, and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.

We can’t leave the job of leadership to the leaders.

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation