Forrest Bird Quotes

I started volunteering at an animal shelter, and little by little, my life started getting better. I think that is the secret. It is just being on a mission that is something bigger than me and it's thankless. You do that because it is thankless, and I am not looking for anybody to say, 'Thanks' and 'You are great!'

I'm in the lucky position that I can help a huge amount of people. It's a great privilege and freedom to have.

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

From a motivation perspective, helping others enriches the meaning and purpose of our own lives, showing us that our contributions matter and energizing us to work harder, longer, and smarter.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

It gives me satisfaction to help people.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

The way I ought to measure my life is in terms of the others I helped to become better and happier people. That's the biggest thing to think about if you're not happy.

That's what helps me keep playing: the idea of giving something to others. Because personally, I've had my fill.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.

To have a meaningful life, you have to be of service …

If life only has the meaning you bring to it, we have the opportunity to bring rich meaning to our lives by the service we do for others.

Do good to others, be good to yourselves.

I get true joy out of that, being able to help people.

It feels good to be in a place now where I can give back to my community.

I've always felt that if you've been blessed, you should try to help as many people as you can. I just think that's the right thing to do.

I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in .

Work and live to serve others, to leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness.

My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.