Ed Reed Quotes

I was raised to believe that you need to leave the world a better place than how you found it, as corny as that sounds.

Leave this world a little better than you found it.

I always knew that I wanted to do the most that I could for the most people.

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.

I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.

I hope that what I am today is of positive benefit to other people.

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?

I feel like sometimes I'm in a position to really do some good, so I try to do that.

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

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.

At the end of the day the question comes, what are you doing for the world? You have to try to do something that's going to add something positive.

You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.

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

People really want to do something good. You just have to show them where it is.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

I try to focus moment to moment on being an aware, responsible, contributive member of society. You see trash on the ground, pick it up!

Growing up with my father's legacy, we never felt that we had to do anything, but we were always raised to think: What could be better than to explore the wonders of the world and share that with people? To try and make the world a better place. And I guess it stuck.

I hope that, when I leave this planet, I will have touched a few people in a positive way. That's really what I hope I am remembered for the most.

Whatever happened to a sense of idealism and embracing an idea that will help people and, in this case, children?

I want the world to be better because I was here.

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'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life.

Once I leave this earth, I know I've done something that will continue to help others.

It takes but one good deed to tip the balance in humankind’s favor.

Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best.