Quotes About Contribution

Equip yourself for life, not solely for your own benefit, but for the benefit of the whole community

I believe that each of us-no matter what our age or background or walk of life-each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.

The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make a difference that you lived at all-using the talents that God has given you for the betterment of others.

Nothing would mean anything if I didn't live a life of use to others.

The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?

I believe we are put on this earth to be of service. It's how I find meaning in my life. And it's fun!

The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make it.

The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.

The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.

A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.

A long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others.

You will begin to see your life as an opportunity to share the special gift you alone can bestow upon the world.

Your rewards in life will be determined by what you do, how well you do it, and the difficulty of replacing you.

the thing i realize is that it is not what you take, it is what you leave

before i die i want to matter

What do you think happiness is?" she asked him. "A by-product," he answered immediately, "to being useful.

What do you think happiness is?" she asked him. "A by-product," he answered immediately, "to being useful." She looked at him. "What?" she said. "What do you mean?" He looked back at her, surprised. "Well," he said, "if you do good work and are useful, that makes you happy.

Music has its own distinctive contribution to make to theology precisely because it is a distinctive human practice.

Banks should contribute to the real economy, make a positive contribution to economic growth.

Thus, there is a gap between the measureable contribution and the actual, total contribution of the agent. As a result, measured performance (such as an increase in the division's profits or a rise in the company's stock price) may actually lead to the organization getting less of what it really needs from its employees. Moreover, there was an inevitable distortion of incentives created by the quest for simple, quantifiable standards by which to measure and reward performance

I wonder which is the more useful to a nation, " he asked rhetorically, "a well-powdered nobleman who knows exactly at what minute the King gets up and goes to bed, and who gives himself grand airs while playing the part of a slave in some Minister's antechamber, or a business man who enriches his country, issues orders from his office to Surat or Cairo, and contributes to the well-being of the world.

the vast majority of people have a feeling that there is almost nothing in which they can really, concretely and not abstractly influence and participate in the affairs of society.