Sachin Tendulkar Quotes

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

The trouble when you die is that everyone says you were nice. I would like to be thought of as genuinely nice. I would like there to be people who can honestly say, 'Len! Oh yeah, there was more good than bad in him.'

Family and moral values are so central to everything that I am.

I care more about who people are as a person and being around good people because when you leave the world, you're not going to be able to take the money.

Humanity is more important to me than talent... if there's a choice to make, I'll go humanity over talent every time.

Generosity is something we learn, from our parents, schools and community.

If you are not generous when it's difficult, you will not be generous when it's easy. Generosity is a function of the heart, not the wallet.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

I think service is honorable, and that was always inculcated in me.

Coming from a family of preachers, the idea of giving back has been part of my life as long as I can remember.

I want to be remembered as the biggest philanthropist in Turkey.

I believe in love, children and being a good person.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.

As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

Philanthropy is in the DNA of my family.

I don't mind if my future is long or short, as long as I'm doing the right thing. And as long as I behave for other people.

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.

If I want to be a loving, generous, giving person, I'm not going to test the waters. I'm simply going to be a loving, generous, giving person.

Christmas and the holidays are the season of giving. It's a time when people are more kind and open-hearted.

Frankly, I'm not religious, but I believe in the cause of humanity - doing good work.

My girls and I regularly go through their rooms to find clothes and toys to donate to charities. I firmly believe that children who have been given so much need to experience the joy that comes from giving.

There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.'

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.