Jean Kennedy Smith Quotes

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

You've got to give something back. You can't just sit there.

You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it.

If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.

Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.

I want to serve the people.

I think if I have learned one thing from all of my family members, both sides of it - my mom's side, my dad's side and everyone else - it's that every one of us has a responsibility to do what we can to contribute back and make our communities and our country a better place.

Why is it so important for you to give back? I honestly feel like it's our responsibility as citizens of the world to ground ourselves in selflessness and all do our part.

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, "I'm earning enough to support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good father, husband, churchgoer." That's all very well. But you must do something more. Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

Your sense of responsibility to others can never be excessive.

As a person, you want to feel like you're giving back. That's something I've always enjoyed doing.

You cannot continue to succeed in the world or have a fulfilling life in the world unless you choose to use your life in the service somehow to others and give back what you have been given. That's how you keep it. That's how you get it. That's how you grow it.

Service to society is the rent we pay for living on this planet.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.

As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

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.

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

There are many ways to serve.

My humanitarian work evolved from being with my family. My mom, my dad, they really set a great example for giving back. My mom was a nurse, my dad was a school teacher. But my mom did a lot of things for geriatrics and elderly people. She would do home visits for free.

I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it's a responsibility we all share.

We're professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there's some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that's a responsibility we have. I really strongly believe that.

I get enormous satisfaction from knowing I'm doing something for society.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.