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Quotes About Contribution

Why do law-abiding and productive human beings owe anything to those who neither produce very much nor abide by just laws? What philosophical or economic or spiritual justification is there for owing then anything? ...The question gaped beneath her, but she didn't try to evade it. I don't know. I just know we do.
~ Nancy Kress
The economics of industrialized countries would collapse if women didn't do the work they do for free: According to economist Marilyn Waring, throughout the West it generates between 25 and 40 percent of the gross national product.
~ Naomi Wolf
Your financial requirements or wants have nothing whatever to do with your WORTH. Your value is established entirely by your ability to render useful service or your capacity to induce others to render such service.
~ Napoleon Hill
To-day is Yesterday's plans put into action. To-morrow begins To-day. Your Worth to yourself and the World is measured by what you contribute Each day in Usefulness. Success is the Sum of the Days.
~ Napoleon Hill
SERVICE, Sacrifice and Self-Control are three words which must be well understood by the person who succeeds in doing something that is of help to the world.
~ Napoleon Hill
It is one thing to want money-everyone wants more-but it is something entirely different to be worth more! Many people mistake their wants for their just dues. Your financial requirements or wants have nothing whatever to do with your worth. Your value is established entirely by your ability to render useful service or your capacity to induce others to render such service.
~ Napoleon Hill
allowing the Divine to awaken part of your spirit that contains the essence of what you are capable of contributing to others as well as to yourself.
~ Caroline Myss
we must remember that we all make the things of this earth of value because of labor.
~ Carson McCullers
I need a goal. I need an objective. I need a challenge. I need a purpose. I need to contribute. I need to do something.
~ Cecelia Ahern
I think living my happy, open life and showing young gay kids you can be successful, you can have love in your life, you can be a contributing member of society and you can be respected - I think that's it.
~ Bryan Batt
Being on a board is not just about showing up for the meetings. A board member needs to materially contribute to the success of the business.
~ Scott Weiss
You can be a responsible member of the community besides enriching from it.
~ Greg Gianforte
I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.
~ S. Truett Cathy
The idea of having one ensemble do everything is what was on 'Sea Lion' and that's what I tried to make happen for 'Metals,' which is having five people in the room and all of us contributing equally to every arrangement and every song.
~ Feist
It's the middle class; it's middle Ireland, and it's a group of people who often feel that they contribute a lot to the economy and a lot to society, but maybe they don't get as much back for it as they should.
~ Leo Varadkar
Jewish intellectuals contributed a great deal to insure that Europe became a continent of humanism, and it is with these humanist ideals that Europe must now intervene in the Middle East conflict.
~ Daniel Barenboim
You don't need only your strikers. You need your defenders to be on top of their game. You need a midfield to work hard and track back, and I suppose you need a goalkeeper who makes saves once in a while.
~ Edwin van der Sar
Mario Mandzukic works so hard for his team. He's not only a No. 9 but also runs behind the defenders and drops into midfield.
~ Lothar Matthaus
I can bring my drive, I can get behind centre-halves, get on the other side of midfield players, score goals. That's what I can bring to a team when I am at my best.
~ Jermaine Jenas
No matter where you live in the world, the contribution that Chinese migration has had on food culture is undeniable.
~ Melissa Leong
When you play with Miles, you are on your own, and then it's you who decides what to contribute.
~ Wayne Shorter
You try and do the best you can whenever you are out there. It's just an individual mindset that when I do get the opportunity then do what I do to help the team.
~ Joe Ingles
I think there is a value in leaving the world a little better off, and movies can do that in a minor way.
~ David Lowery
The quality of our presence is the most positive element that we can contribute to the world.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh