Anna Wintour Quotes

For me, it has always been about using my platform to help others.

That's what it's all about, going out and being able to help in the community and help people around you. That's going to carry far longer than basketball ever will.

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.

I'm not the biggest star in the world, but I do have a platform, and if I can use that platform to help somebody else, why wouldn't I?

If I can help one person in this world, then it's enough, and I've done my job.

If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for the life that I lead.

I love to be able to do something positive with what celebrity I have. I like to be able to make it about something bigger than me; if I can help in some way, I'm happy to do that.

I think it's important for service to be a part of your life instead of an option. It's awesome to make it a point to do something that's gonna make the world slightly better than you left it.

I want to help people either way, whether it's directly or indirectly.

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.

Serving reconnects people to purpose. Serving someone else's dream empowers not just us, but them.

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

I love helping people; just being of service makes me happy!

I never thought we had a chance of impacting anything. I am just starting to realize that we can change things - not just VICE, but all of us. In fact, we have to.

I run a bunch of charities and I say this line to people: 'I am somebody who has always been helped.' A little thing like that can make people believe it.

I could make a difference.

I want to serve the people.

I had the opportunity to go into the hospitals and talk to kids and see a kid and make him smile. Why? Because I'm a special person? No. It had nothing to do with that. It has everything to do with me being the quarterback at the University of Florida. And to not take advantage of that is a shame.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

We all have a responsibility, and since I've been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity.

I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

At the end of the day, when you're trying to do good, that's all that matters. Whether it's in a different aspect than in the N.B.A. or N.F.L., you should use your platform for good.

I just play my football, and if I can help people, then I help people.