Contribution Quotes

There has never been and never will be another you. You have a purpose - a very special gift that only you can bring to the world.

Black men built the railroads, not blue eyes.

I got addicted to lighting people up, just seeing people so happy 'cause they rediscovered what they're capable of and so that became my life's work.

Ultimately, no man or woman is happy unless they have found a way to contribute beyond themselves.

The future will be in the hands of those of you who belong to the 21st century. You have the opportunity and responsibility to build a better humanity. This means developing warm-heartednes s in this very life, here and now. So, do whatever work you do, but ask yourselves now and then, 'How can I contribute to human beings being happier and more peaceful?'

If only the best birds sang, the forest would be silent.

If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.

The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.

We are working as hard as we can; we are preparing ourselves as carefully as we can; we fully intend to make our contribution to the world in the coming century.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shrink neither.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

I have never been any place where I was not first invited. And upon invitation, if I feel that there is potential for making some contribution to humanity, I will comply in spite of being tired.

My own share making contribution [to the the well-being of humanity]. So I never feel I am something special.

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.

To leave the world richer—that is the ultimate success.

Plant more flowers than you pick

How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world!

We get to make a living; we give to make a life.

Give the brethren a chance to do something, anything, no matter how small or unimportant. A brother convinced that he is helpful is enthusiastic.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now should be grateful for the person who planted and tended that tree. That includes all those benefactors of humanity throughout history that created, invented, financed, produced, maintained and improved all that we enjoy today.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them, then they can never like you. And you can never build that instrument of collective leadership.

Power moves with you when you have an intent to serve more than yourself.

Each person entering our world brings either a contribution or destruction.

Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself - not only what your strengths and weaknesses are but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution. Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.

What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.

The principle of compassion is that which converts disillusionment into a participatory companionship. This is the basic love, the charity, that turns a critic into a living human being who has something to give to - as well as to demand of - the world.

But the tricks I use are ones that will hopefully benefit the team.

We are visitors on this planet. We are here for one hundred years at the very most. During that period we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. if you contribute to other people's happiness, you will find the true meaning of life.

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

Mother Teresa's numerical results were not her greatest contribution. Instead, she made the world-and especially India-conscious of compassion.

The secret to a fulfilled life is not only to do well but also to do good.

For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.

Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism.

Merely gathering knowledge may become the most useless work a man can do. What can you do to help and heal the world? That is the educational test.

I remember reading about the astounding number of people in this country who die within three years of retiring, which proves to me that if you lose the sense that you are producing or contributing in some way, you literally lose the will to live, and that if you do have a reason to hang on, you will.

How wonderful it is that we can start doing good at this very moment.

The way to transform your immense inner value into outer riches is by giving it freely and authentically to others.

When people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world?

Stay on your game and keep going for your dreams. The world needs that special gift that only you have.

Replace your pursuit of success with the pursuit of contribution.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

The only way to reach the mountain peaks of life is to forget about self and help other people reach greater heights.

Find someone worse off than you and help them. It will put your life in perspective.

We save the world by being alive ourselves.

I'm on a mission to help people grow and give. The more they grow the more they can give, the more life they build, the greater the quality of their life.

One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.

Usefulness, whatever form it may take, is the price we should pay for the air we breathe and the food we eat and the privilege of being alive.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Everyone needs to be valued. Everyone has the potential to give something back.

Most people think of success in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms of giving.

Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life.

Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

To spend life for something which outlasts it.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

You must find something you want to live for that's bigger than yourself - a mission - whether it's your children, a business, a non-profit, whatever. That pulls you to achieve, which is far more sustainable than to push yourself to. You can only push yourself for so long.

Success does not mean taking, it means truly growing and giving

The soil says, don't bring me your need, bring me your seed.