Louise Erdrich Quotes

So shines a good deed... in a weary world.

Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.

How many people you bless is how you measure success

If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.

To help people who do not have any hope, helps you.

I felt that I could look back on my life and think about lots of folks that I helped become better folks. And I've tried to be as good a man as I could be.

I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings.

It's motivating to think that you, as one person, can make a world of difference in someone else's life.

I would like to be remembered as someone who accomplished useful deeds, and who was a kind and loving person. I would like to leave the memory of a human being with a correct attitude and who did her best to help others.

I'm on a mission to love, give as much as I can, and support people who make a difference.

Each time we act to improve the life of another person, we send forth a ripple of hope in what appears to be a hopeless society.

I don't want to be remembered as anything but brave. The only good intention to make money is to help others. I want to be Oprah. I want to be Melinda Gates. If I ever sell products other than my talents, then it will be to give more to others.

You never know how much good you do.

Even small acts of kindness can make a profound difference to somebody else.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can.

Power is the ability to do good things for others.

I just try to go out and help others, to do whatever I can to make a difference.

I hope I can use everything that's being offered to me to do good in other people's lives.

Never walk into a hospital crying. Have an attitude that you will make someone else's life better.

When you get the opportunity to give away somebody else's money to make somebody else's life a little better. That's pretty cool, actually.

I defy anybody to be of service to another human being and not have the most peaceful night of sleep you've had in a long, long time.

There's a formula Chris and I used all the time. When you least feel like it, do something for someone else. You forget about your own situation. It gives you a purpose, as opposed being sorrowful and lonely. It makes me feel better when things are too hard for me.

All we can do is just think about what we can put into the world - not really kind of what we can get out of it.

We feel like if we can give back, that's what we are called to do. So we've been fortunate to do a lot of really cool things and touch a lot of people's lives.