James Nesbitt Quotes

From where I came from, the way I was raised, when somebody does something for you, you always want to give something back to them.

I hope I will be able to repay City for what they have done for me.

I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been held out to me. I have to remember who helped me when I needed help. The people of Jamaica helped me. I can't forget that. I would be ungrateful if I forgot.

One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.

It is not polite to receive a favor without returning it.

Napoli gave me so much, but I also gave something back - the best I could.

There's certain people that you owe it to, for the things they've done for you.

You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.

We may never be able to pay directly for the gifts of true friendship - but pay we must, even though we make our payment to someone who owes us nothing, in some other place and at some other time.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return them.

I've been given so much, and if I can just give back a tenth of what I've been given, then it's all worth it.

There is nothing that puts a man more in your debt than that he owes you nothing.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

Everything good that's ever happened to me came out of helping others.

To me, giving back is so important. It makes others feel good which then in return makes me feel good.

At the end of the day, you either want or you don't want to know about it. It's a mercy thing - you have to give back. However you do it, you have to give something back. You have to.

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

A favor to come is better than a hundred received.

Restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee.