Quotes About Contribution

One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we also feel we need to work.

Work is fundamental to the dignity of a person. . . . It gives one the ability to maintain oneself, one's family, to contribute to the growth of one's own nation.

Every one who has labored honestly in the past has aided to place knowledge and comfort within the reach of a constantly increasing number.

I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go.

So, I am independently well-off and don't have to do anything, but I still do. I write books, lecture around the world, work with scientists and governments.

I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.

As I went about with my father, when he collected taxes, I knew that when taxes were laid someone had to work hard to earn the money to pay them.

Collaboration is the best way to work. It's the only way to work, really. Everyone's there because they have a set of skills to offer across the board.

I believe in collaboration, which is why I work with others to make positive contributions of consequence, and why I have made a very clear and unwavering commitment to remain absolutely apolitical.

In a band that works out well, everybody has a certain role to fulfill.

I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.

The spinning wheel means national consciousness and a contribution by every individual to a definite constructive national work.

My wife works harder than anyone else with the children around the house. I make the money, sure, but she does everything else.

You are in the business of serving other people as you stand in the service of your destiny and express yourself through your work.

Your body is just a vessel for who you are as a person. And until you work on what you give back to the world, it doesn't matter what you look like on the outside.

If the double helix was so important, how come you didn't work on It? Ther husband, Linus Pauling, when the Nobel Prize was awarded to Crick, Watson and Wilkins.

There is a strong feeling in the Middle West that the artist is not pulling his own weight no matter how hard he may work, that the other people are doing the real stuff.

Not to sound cliché or anything, but with the downtime that I have and the possible platform that my work could give me, I'd like to figure out a way to give back and make a difference, you know?

Understanding that celebrity derives from and is a result of some form of accomplishment, it's always gratifying to work with individuals who have made some sort of contribution to society.

Whenever I work on something, I try and throw everything I have at it. Then if the director finds it useful they use it, and if not, they ignore it!

There are some amazing stories from all over this country, where people's work and contribution has been acknowledged. To be part of that is an absolutely fantastic feeling.

You work hard for your income, and that hard work is what fuels the economy.

My vision of America is an America where everyone has a place, if you're willing to work hard, you do your part, you contribute to the community.

All work which is necessary ennobles him who performs it. Only one thing is shameful - to contribute nothing to the community.