Quotes About Contribution

I don't make the best movies in the world, but at times, I do feel like I'm adding something to the cinematic community.

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

Am I supposed to do something important ? It doesn't seem enough to merely take up space on this planet in this country in this state in this town in this family.

As another stack of two-by-fours landed by her porch, Stella couldn't help but think about how folks had come together when Spoon Man showed up. This time, however, they managed to do a cook-up for a whole house! Nobody had everything, but everybody had something to offer.

your gift is always whatever you have to offer.

Workplace optimism is simply a place to start to make a difference for your people and for the business. It's a leadership opportunity that can turn work into a contribution to people's lives. Additionally, it can positively shape how people view and experience working on your team or in your company.

There are certain people who do not feel like they were raised by wolves, and they are the ones who make the world tick. They are the ones who keep everything functioning so the rest of us can worry about what sort of person we should be.

Tapestries are made by many artisans working together. The contributions of separate workers cannot be discerned in the completed work, and the loose and false threads have been covered over. So it is in our picture of particle physics.

Each of us, whatever our talents, has service to give. And to do it well always involves learning, not once or for a limited time, but continually.

I think it's time that the wealthy and corporations paid their fair share to support this country.

If you get the best people on your team, you've got plenty of time to do the things you like to do and can add more value to.

Every time I traveled to a new city, I would learn about local heroes I did not know about, and I would learn about their very impressive contribution to their cities.

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

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.

I cannot do everything but still I can do something and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

I've learned that if you can't get it all together to accomplish this thing called peace, you do at least your part in your life, because that's where you can truly make an immediate difference.

My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.

Philanthropy isn't just about big gifts; it's about participation. It is about the grace that comes from working together.

As people grow older, some of the ways they have contributed in the past may no longer be possible, but the challenge to society is not only to provide help and care where these are needed but also to offer the opportunity to contribute and care for others [p. 8]

active wisdom --an entire cohort with something new to offer to the world as years of experience combined with continuing health. [p. 52]

have added something to knowledge and helped others to add more; and these somethings have a value that differs in degree only, and not in kind, from that of the creations of the great mathematicians, or any of the other artists, great or small, who have left some kind of memorial behind them.

May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful.

vous ne pouvez contester l'inestimable bénéfice que j'apporterai à l'humanité jusqu'à la dernière génération

Nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose- a point on which the soul can focus its intellectual eye