Mithun Chakraborty Quotes

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

It comes down to this: If not you, then who?

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty rather than a photo op.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

I was always brought up that if you can make a difference, you should, and if you don't it's a waste. So we'll see if I can make a difference.

I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'

One man can make a difference and every man should try.

Most politicians will not stick their necks out unless they sense grass-roots support ... neither you nor I should expect someone else to take our responsibility.

It's my goal to show the world that Americans know how to help Americans without expecting the government to come riding in on a white horse and save the day.

I think we all need to take personal responsibility, and take action when we see anything wrong around us. I do that, when I see any man harassing any woman. I go and stop that, even if they are actors.

We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother

Instead of telling the world What it is supposed to do, Why don't you immediately do it yourself? In this way, I assure you, Your happiness will be surprisingly multiplied.

I personally feel that I should support people who are doing good work and people should also support such good work.

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

People constantly requesting government intervention are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look after themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves and then, also, to look after our neighbours.

It is only people with a sense of personal responsibility who can help others. It is only people with a sense of personal responsibility who can be helped in a lasting way.

The great lesson that nature seems to teach us at all ages is self-dependence, self-protection, self-support. In the hours of our keenest sufferings all are thrown wholly on themselves for consolation.

We are not to throw away those things which can benefit our neighbor. Goods are called good because they can be used for good: they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly.

Real change in society must start from individual initiative.

I want people to provide for themselves.

To me, being Australian is about looking after your mates, taking care of the less fortunate, supporting the underdog and enhancing the spirit that makes all Australians unique.

The only important thing in this life is to figure out how to use the experiences that you have to make the world a better place.

I don't care what job you get. I care about if you put people down or raise people up.