Cheryl Hines Quotes

Over the years, we have gone beyond our businesses to take up philanthropic projects in diverse areas - from education to health care to skilling.

Every one of us has the ability to raise awareness, volunteer, educate our friends and family, and give back to our communities.

ANYONE WHO GIVES ANYTHING—TIME, MONEY, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND NETWORKS—IN ANY AMOUNT, TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD.

All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.

But celebrity really doesn't mean anything unless you use it for finding some way to give back and I've always felt that way.

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

I'm an artist, but, as I get older, I really want to do philanthropic work and help people.

I believe that we all need to do charitable work. It should be taken seriously in the area of education, as someone from the industry.

I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.

I hope one day I will host my own charity event to give back to society.

I very much believe in teaching young people about philanthropy, and to give back.

'Giving 2.0' frames giving as a learning experience and encourages everyone to make giving a part of your year-round life.

When I was younger, I played sports and went to camp. As I got older, my parents began to instill in us the importance of giving back to the community, especially those places around the world that are less fortunate than my very privileged life growing up in Los Angeles.

Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.

To be a philanthropist, you don't have to be Nelson Mandela. You just have to look around you and ask, 'What little bit can I do? Whose life can I touch?'

I'm from Africa, and I have to give something back to my community. You all know that I've been doing a lot of charity stuff without knocking at any door. I'm taking my own wages to do it, and I will keep doing it until the end of my career.

My daughter is very happy doing philanthropy, especially in the schools.

We always work for money but when you do something for The Banyan, you feel so good.

You hear about players like Jamal Crawford who's constantly giving back. Isaiah Thomas, even though he's from Tacoma, he went to U-Dub, and he's constantly giving back to the community.

Going out and volunteering sounds simple, but many people don't volunteer because they don't know where to start.

Giving back to our communities is huge.

When I decided to retire I thought I should align myself with a charity that can use my high profile.

Giving back has to do with the way I was brought up and the fact that I've traveled widely and seen terrible situations in the world. To sleep well at night, those of us who are in a position to help must address these situations. I'd get far greater satisfaction out of, say, walking into a hospital I'd built in South Africa than I would by sitting on a beach. I'm fortunate enough to be in a position to make a difference, and I don't want to waste that. I suspect I was also lucky to have parents who drove me from a young age.

I grew up in a middle class household with parents, went to good schools, and never feared for anything, never wanted for anything that was really important. For all of us living in this world, all of us who have the resources, for us to not dedicate ourselves to giving something back, is to leave the world a lesser place.

The important thing, once you have enough to eat and a nice house, is what you can do for others, what you can contribute to the enterprise as a whole.