Richard Attenborough Quotes

I hate the idea of people nicking my stuff, but in all honesty, I'm pretty well off. If a genuinely desperate man on his last gasp nicks my coat from the pub on a freezing night, well, he's welcome to it. It'll change his life. Mine's only inconvenienced by having to buy another one.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people.

I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.

The stirrings of morality emerge early in childhood. Toddlers spontaneously offer toys and help to others and try to comfort people they see in distress.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

In my mind, as long as I did what was right for me, I was cool. But that's not the way it works. You have to think about other people and take their feelings into account.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

I was brought up not to be selfish or self-centered. So if you play somebody who isn't so lovable, you can play that person and no one will turn on you. I don't want to play that person in real life. Because then people won't like me so much.

I am all for people having their heart in the right place; but the right place for a heart is not inside the head.

Though we cannot relieve all the distressed, we should relieve as many as we can.

Look not every one to his own things, but to the things of others also

We are not here in this world to find elegant solutions, pregnant with initiative, or to serve the ways and modes of profitable progress. No, we are here to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and crippled than ourselves. That is our only certain good and great purpose on earth

Your government is still on the same side of the street as the Good Samaritan and not those who pass by on the other side.

Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.

The more empathy you have and the more connected you are to society, the better off you'll be.

It is my duty to bring awareness to people in need.

One of the magical things about kindness is that it's what we nerds call a 'happiness aggregator.' People confuse kindness with being nice. And they're very different. You can be nice and be passive. But kindness requires action.