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Quotes About Contribution

Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.
~ Charles Handy
We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.
~ Barry Lopez
Make a difference. Live a life that matters.
~ Frank McKinney
We must first give to life if we expect life to give anything in return. This is the divine law.
~ Harold Klemp
You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.
~ Jennifer Lopez
I believe that my personal mission in life is to grow and contribute, so I am learning and growing every day.
~ Farrah Gray
Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be
~ Viktor E. Frankl
I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
~ Helen Keller
Every individual matters and has a role to play in this life on Earth.
~ Jane Goodall
My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.
~ Jim Henson
Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.
~ Dr. Seuss
You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.
~ Paul Allen
I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books... really is important.
~ Cynthia Rylant
Safety is knowing that when this particular life form is finished, what it has served remains.
~ Gangaji
Few have heard of Fra Luca Pacioli, the inventor of double-entry bookkeeping; but he has probably had much more influence on human life than has Dante or Michelangelo.
~ Herbert J. Muller
Your existence is evidence that this generation needs something that your life contains
~ Myles Munroe
Every man is indeed bound to do what he can to promote the good of others, and a man who is of no use to anyone is strictly worthless.
~ Rene Descartes
There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
~ Tim Ferriss
One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.
~ Benjamin Zander
Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to the dim places around us.
~ Joan D. Chittister
Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
We are mere journeymen, planting seeds for someone else to harvest.
~ Wallace Thurman
Your rewards, all the years of your life, will be in precise proportion to your service. You are here to serve others, just as they serve you.
~ Earl Nightingale