Maya Angelou Quotes

I was a young girl the first time I learned about the concept of paying it forward.

I've tried to do a lot of good for a lot of people.

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

I've always felt that if you've been blessed, you should try to help as many people as you can. I just think that's the right thing to do.

I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.

I love helping out good people who are doing good things.

Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others, always.

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.

Travis Alexander was a good guy. Was he a saint? No. But he was somebody who was really, really invested in helping other people and making this world a better place. Everything he did, even the car he drove, was a sign of him trying to be a force for good in this world.

If you set out to do a good deed, you may do a hundred small kindnesses on the way.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

It takes but one good deed to tip the balance in humankind’s favor.

How much good do you suppose condescending charity does?

I can't help that we help people so much.

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.

If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount of luck in your life, it's a good thing to turn around and make it work for others.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!

Doing great things for others is an awesome gift to give yourself.

Sometimes you can't pay it back, so you just have to pay it forward.

How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an act of charity towards others!

A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them.

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

We should do good whenever we can and do kindness at all times, for at all times we can.