Quotes About Contribution

Not to be occupied, and not to exist, amount to the same thing, he said. All people are good except those who are idle.

A knowledge of history may teach us that civilization is a co-operative product, that nearly all peoples have contributed to it; it is our common heritage and debt; and the civilized soul will reveal itself in treating every man or woman, however lowly, as a representative of one of these creative and contributory groups.

Such is the Forgotten Man. He works, he votes, generally he prays—but he always pays—yes, above all, he pays.

Success, it seems to me, would be somewhat meaningless if the play were not a personal contribution. The author who creates only for audience consumption is only engaged in a financial enterprise.

The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.

Sheer human decency and civility are two of the most important contributions to our community life that women of courage can make.

In the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps, then, you might gain that rare tranquility that comes from knowing that you've had a hand in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfactions: knowing that your short time here on this earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.

Happiness is the by-product of doing the right things in life. And the "right things" always involve serving and loving and caring and contributing to others.

the greater good needs you to cut your guilt loose so you can get on with making a contribution. It needs you to forgive yourself.

On peut commencer à préciser la signification de la "gratuité" du travail ménager : c'est un travail qui, non payé, n'est pas non plus rémunéré, parce qu'il est effectué pour autrui.

Women might just have something to contribute to civilization other than their vaginas".

We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.1 —MOTHER TERESA

But we had no intention of becoming shopkeepers or merely earning money. We needed work that would at the same time procure us satisfaction. And more than anything, we desired to make ourselves useful

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.

We need to change our idea of what 'work' is. Work is not what creates value for an employer. It's what creates a society. It's what takes up your time.

I have practiced risk taking throughout my career because I believe what I can contribute is important. That isn't to say that I don't feel nervous. I have come to accept that trying something new involves discomfort—and taking risks gets easier with practice. I also have reached out for support. My risk-taking ventures haven't always succeeded, but enough of them did. And even when my efforts did not work out, I learned something valuable from trying

When you leave your ego at the door and stop trying to be the smartest person in the room, your opinions and ideas will be more appropriately valued and appreciated" (and that's applicable to both genders). He told me that to be heard, women should offer insights regularly rather than only expressing the occasional opinion.

Although no man can know everything, everyone ought nevertheless to work with a view of enriching the common treasury of knowledge, and in the degree to which he is conscious of this collaboration, the result of his effort will endure and be useful.

The children of God have more in common than they have differences. And even the differences can be seen as an opportunity. God will help us see a difference in someone else not as a source of irritation but as a contribution.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.

As we serve our jobs we serve the world.

A man ought to be able to live on a scale commensurate with the service that he renders.