Michael Huffington Quotes

People really want to do something good. You just have to show them where it is.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

If they want to write about me in a good way, they should write how I do things that are useful.

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.

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

I hope that, when I leave this planet, I will have touched a few people in a positive way. That's really what I hope I am remembered for the most.

I hope that what I am today is of positive benefit to other people.

If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.

I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life.

I want it to be said when I leave this world that 'he was not just a money-making machine.'

It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.

Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others.

Life is short. Do whatever you can to help people - not for status, but because the 95-year-old you will be proud if you did help people and disappointed if you didn't.

I don't want to be forgotten or not have helped as many people as I can before I pass.

Before I leave this earth, I'm going to help people have a better future.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

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.

I am a firm believer that you can make a difference in someone's life - whether they're thousands of miles away, or on your own block.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.

It gives me satisfaction to help people.

As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do.

I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.

I do small things. I try to do good things every day.