Tom Hanks Quotes

You really can change the world if you care enough.

I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.

They charge me with fanaticism. If to be feelingly alive to the suffering of my fellow creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.

If you see something that you feel is wrong in society, why not help out?

I'm very mindful of trying to do something good in the world. When I see injustice in the world, it's very hard for me.

The Kind Foundation was created to scale our social impact and be able to deepen our focus on fostering empathy and developing kinder communities.

Steve was such an example as one man doing what he could to change the world.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.

My biggest aspiration is to inspire people to do good. I believe that our wish for a harmonious world begins and ends with doing good. To inspire and empower people to focus on goodness, I wrote a new book called 'Activate Your Goodness: Transforming the World through Doing Good.'

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

I have always wanted to be a catalyst for bringing about positive change, inspiring others to choose goodness.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.

No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand.

There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

The root of this possibility of doing good - that we all have - is in creation.

The kids go to a Quaker school. Their father and I believe a lot in community, social responsibility, making sure you give to people less fortunate than you.

It's important to think good, speak good, and do good. If we want to see positive change in the world, then we need to connect to goodness. I try in everything I do, both in business and philanthropy, to make a positive change and do that by doing good.

Philanthropy is activism.

To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.

I want to be a force for real good. In other words. I know that there are bad forces, forces that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.

You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?