Aaron Neville Quotes

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.

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

Life is short. Help more people.

We only have so much life left. Before I do die, I want to do something good for people.

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

Everyone has an hour in their day to go and do something for somebody else; I don't care how busy they are.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice.

If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.

I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.

You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here.

'Pay it forward' has become a hackneyed concept, but I truly believe in it, and it gives me huge satisfaction to be able to help writers in a measurable way.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

Most of the time, I'm not even working; I'm just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

I have been given such a wonderful opportunity, and I want to share that with people. If I can share that with kids in hospital, then that seems like the right thing to do.

I believe giving back is one of the greatest life lessons we can teach our children: that the world isn't all about them and that, through our actions, people will really discover what kind of a person we truly are.

I don't want my life to just be about me.

I love donating my time and serving other people. Just seeing the faces of people in need light up when they see you... There is no way I can put it into words. You feel like you did something right.

I was sitting around, moping and feeling badly for myself. I went to the hospital to visit a child, and it hit me: helping people is what I'm meant to do.

I hope I can use everything that's being offered to me to do good in other people's lives.

For me, personally, I feel like that's my duty while I'm on this earth is to serve others and use my blessing to bless others. If I'm not doing that, I feel like I'm not serving my purpose. That's my goal, that's my passion, and that's what I intend to do for the rest of my life.

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.