Russell Simmons Quotes

Working on 'Big Give' was an opportunity that I felt compelled to do. It was my chance to share in showing people how they can give big in their own life, to send the message that giving goes way beyond the gift of money. We want to share that the best thing you can give is your time and understanding.

To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.

Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable.

If what I have to do is share a sandwich to lift someone's spirits, put a smile on their face - the worst thing that happens is I go broke!

I just want to help people, especially with the platform I'm on. I try and help people as much as possible.

I try to help people as much as I can.

True compassion is not about giving or taking. True compassion is doing just what is needed.

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

I believe you should help people.

For me, I think everybody with half a heart tries to do their best to do their part of good during the holiday season.

Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.

With all the things I've been through, the No. 1 thing that I've learned is that we're supposed to help people through this world.

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.

To be a Christian is to be obligated to be charitable. This is true whether you are rich or poor, healthy or ill, old or young, male or female, oppressed or free, established or disestablished.

I never think people should do things for me. I think I should do things for others. That makes me more comfortable.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

I like helping people.

Some of our finest work comes through service to others.

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put yourself in those people's shoes and go from there. So that's what I did.

Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.