Luol Deng Quotes

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

We should celebrate Christmas throughout the year, but I believe the whole concept of giving was the basis of Christmas, that it was a charitable, you know, giving, and I think we got carried away with giving.

My father is the man that, he will give you what he doesn't have, still. If he has 10 bucks and you need 10 bucks because you're sick or you don't have nothing to eat, he will give you 10 bucks. He will be at zero, but he will help you. That's the kind of man that my father is.

Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

Sometimes you can do things for people other than yourself.

On Christmas morning, before we could open our Christmas presents, we would go to this stranger's home and bring them presents. I remember helping clean the house up and putting up a tree. My father believed that you have a responsibility to look after everyone else.

There are different types of people in this world, and I am the type of person who loves to give.

There's a lot of good people here in Cincinnati, and there are a lot of people that are willing to help others.

I'm not a selfish guy.

The best rule for philanthropy is to give until it hurts, as much as you can, because none of us can get through life all by ourselves.

Giving is the highest level of living.

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

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.

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.

I try to be a good person every day. If you didn't like me, there would be something wrong with you, because I really go out and work as hard as I can to help people. I put myself last - always. I'm a giver all the way.

Charity is willingly given from the heart.

Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

Giving is what makes a nation great.

You know I think I could give a little more back to charity.

Service is what life is all about.