Pay it forward is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying the kindness to others instead of to the original benefactor. Profoundly inspirational paying it forward quotes will brighten up your day and make you feel ready to take on anything.
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Famous Paying It Forward Quotes
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. Maya Angelou
If you can’t pay it back, pay it forward. Catherine Ryan Hyde
Simply put we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services. Mark Zuckerberg
I hope the fruits of my labor are ripe for many generations to come. Donovan Nichols
If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve fold. Mariska Hargitay
For it is in giving that we receive. St. Francis Assisi
When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. Maya Angelou
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Winston Curchill
Be the change you want to see in the world. Gandhi
As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way. Mary Anne Radmacher
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill
If you can’t pay it back, pay it forward. Catherine Ryan Hyde
It takes each of us to make a difference for all of us. Jackie Mutcheson
Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. Sarah Bernhardt
One can never pay in gratitude one can only pay in kind somewhere else in life. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
It takes each of us to make a difference for all of us. Jackie Mutcheson
We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone. Ronald Reagan
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. Muhammad Ali
I thanked him and there were some very specific orifices in which I was told to shove my thanks. He told me, Just pay it forward. Three big favors for three other people. That’s it. Mr. Throsen
Pay it forward with free compliments. They are returned in due time. David Chiles
Is that what you want for your birthday? Everybody to pay it forward? Chris Chandler
A life lived for others is the only life worth living. Albert Einstein
You’re giving me a brand new Jaguar, and you don’t want anything? Jay Mohr
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. Maya Angelou
I just want to see if the world would really change. Trevor McKenney
Sometimes you can’t pay it back, so you just have to pay it forward. Randy Pausch
I guess it’s hard for people who are so used to things the way they are even if they’re bad to change. Cause they kind of give up. And when they do, everybody kind of loses. Trevor McKenney
What did you tell my son to make him bring a homeless man into my house? Arlene McKenney
Together, we can change the world, one good deed at a time. Ron Hall
Hey, you did good work. Look at me, I’m proud of you, Trevor. I’m proud of you. And anyway for what it’s worth, I’m grading you on the effort, not the result. Eugene Simonet
There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness. Catherine Ryan Hyde
You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. John Wooden
Our actions are like ships that we may watch set out to sea and not know with what cargo or when they will return to port. Iris Murdoch
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day, someone might do the same for you. Princess Diana
I don’t want to be one of those people saying, Remember when things were better? Robbie Robertson
A purposeful act or extension of kindness is never wasted, for it always resides in the hearts of all. Molly Friedenfeld
When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou
Learning to pay it forward can add a tremendous sense of meaning and dignity to our lives. Simply put, it feels good to give to others, whether we get back or not. Greg Epstein
If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward, and it comes back to you twelve fold. Mariska Hargitay
Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port. Iris Murdoch
When we’re stuck with cruelty, we can either decide that here is where it stops or inflict the same on others like it’s a rite of passage. Joyce Rachelle
Our job on earth isn’t to criticize, reject, or judge. Our purpose is to offer a helping hand, compassion, and mercy. We are to do unto others as we hope they would do unto us. Dana Arcuri
You don’t need much to change the whole world for the better. Start with the most ordinary ingredients. Start with the world you’ve got. Catherine Ryan Hyde
Because it proves that you don’t need much to change the entire world for the better. You can start with the most ordinary ingredients. You can start with the world you’ve got. Catherine Ryan Hyde
In a world like this, you pay it forward because more than likely, you didn’t deserve it when you got it the first time. Mindy McGinnis
In a world like this, you pay it forward, cause more than likely you didn’t deserve it when you got it the first time. Mindy McGinnis
Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. Sarah Bernhardt
A Spiritual Samaritan lives knowing that if we were to leave this world tomorrow, we were the best humans we could be and we touched the lives of as many souls as possible. We are not asked to be perfect. We are asked to make a difference. Molly Friedenfeld
A purposeful act or extension of kindness is never wasted, for it always resides in the hearts of all. Molly Friedenfeld
Every once in awhile try to do something nice for somebody you don’t know, even if it’s just leaving an opening in traffic for them to merge into, small things like that give people hope that we’re not all assholes. Joshua Neik
I was taught by teachers and if it’s one thing I have it’s a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward. Doug Collins
When we’re struck with cruelty, we can either inflict the same on others like it’s a rite of passage, or decide that here is where it stops. Joyce Rachelle
The greatest effects we have on the world are the ones we can never see. Chris Matakas
Avoidance is paying forward that which I would be much wiser to pay off. Craig D. Lounsbrough
I hope the fruits of my labor are ripe for many generations to come. Donovan Nichols
The greatest effects we have on the world are the ones we can never see. Chris Matakas
Be humble, be grateful, give back, share, pay it forward, chase your dreams, go for it, and take a moment to remember where it is all from. Justin Bieber
When you mess up fix it, when you fail fall forward and learn, when you suffer loss heal and always pay it forward. Val Uchendu
I guess it’s hard for some people who are so used to things the way they are, even if they’re bad, to change, cause I guess they kinda give up. And when they do, everybody kinda loses. Trevor McKinney
Spread good energy. Pay it forward! Brittany Maynard
Being able to receive gifts is a gift. When we receive gifts from others, we give them a gift of giving. Miriam Hurdle
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. Muhammad Ali
Even over the sound of a thousand voices. I still can hear my own, only after I listened to hers. James Emlund
Avoidance is paying forward that which I would be much wiser to pay off. Craig D. Lounsbrough
What is your dash? When your eulogy is read, would you be proud of the things they will say about you and about how you spent your years from birth till death? H. J. Chammas
