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Quotes About Contribution

I don't need to tell you that, what determines a man's legacy is often what isn't seen.
~ J. Edgar Hoover
The value of a man resides in what he gives
~ Albert Einstein
What man is a man who does not make the world better.
~ Balian of Ibelin
You must be sure that you give back something that's beneficial to the game. Any of the teaching you do must be for the benefit of the men who play.
~ Henry Iba
It seems to me like stealing, for men and women to live in the world and do nothing to make it better.
~ Sarah Orne Jewett
But what you learn, as you get older, is that there are a few billion other people in the world all trying to be clever at the same time, and whatever you do with your life will certainly be lost—swallowed up in the ocean—unless you are doing it along with like-minded people who will remember your contributions and carry them forward.
~ Neal Stephenson
It's a wonderful thing to be clever, and you should never think otherwise, and you should never stop being that way. But what you learn, as you get older, is that there are a few billion other people in the world all trying to be clever at the same time, and whatever you do with your life will certainly be lost—swallowed up in the ocean—unless you are doing it along with like-minded people who will remember your contributions and carry them forward.
~ Neal Stephenson
I get enormous satisfaction from knowing I'm doing something for society.
~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
On the subject of climate change, the data clearly show that Earth is warming up, and that humans are contributing to the warming. That's the fairest assessment of the evidence.
~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
too] narrowly on the Mormon experience to the exclusion of forces operating within the larger society." "Notwithstanding," he proclaimed it "a valuable contribution to Mormon history. . . . [E]ssential reading for anyone interested in the development of Mormon racial policies.
~ Newell Bringhurst
Though we hear much less about it, India had made a bigger contribution to the imperial war than Australia in terms of both finance and manpower.
~ Niall Ferguson
Women might just have something to contribute to civilization other than their vaginas. —CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY, Florence of Arabia
~ Nicholas D. Kristof
It is not a lead part, but you could definitely say that 'Devdas' wouldn't move forward if it wasn't for me.
~ Jackie Shroff
My desire to contribute to the spaceflight team as we move forward in our exploration of space has only increased over the years.
~ Peggy Whitson
Even when you've made mistakes in life, you can still contribute and pick up the stuff and move on.
~ Paula Broadwell
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.
~ Seth Rogen
When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
~ Edie Falco
I think I can contribute to the team in a multitude of ways.
~ Zach Ertz
I did an episode of The Profiler. I actually worked on the last episode of Murphy Brown.
~ Alice Barrett
I want the power that comes from expressing myself creatively and putting something back into the world. Being someone's muse would be flattering, but it could get old fast.
~ Ari Graynor
My material contribution musically was less than George's, and George and I have both always been very open about that.
~ Andrew Ridgeley
I enjoy seeing other Indian musicians - old and young - coming to Europe and America and having some success. I'm happy to have contributed to that.
~ Ravi Shankar
A lot of the players who've done so well aren't necessarily the big names: James Tomkins, Luka Milivojevic to name two.
~ Roy Hodgson
Some people say heroines just have to look good and provide the glamour. Some say, from dance-n-song routines, heroines have come a long way. Today, the heroine's name adds weight to the film, though maybe they can't carry the whole film on their names. I believe, yes, we do contribute a lot to films.
~ Urmila Matondkar