Quotes About Contribution

The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in some sense, his activities have contributed to society.

I think we are warranted in contending that a society thus constituted, and which may be rendered so admirable an engine of improvement, far from meriting reproach, deserves highly of the community.

People who sit back and wait for somebody to take care of them are the people that if shown a way, can be useful to our society.

I will create value for society, rather than extract it.

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.

Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live. But, how much can we contribute to others in our society ?

I have been very fortunate to be successful in business, and I believe that it is right that people who have this type of wealth should give something back into society.

Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results.

I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society.

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.

The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.

Asked what role he believes art plays in society, Baselitz replied, 'The same role as a good shoe, nothing more.

A crucial contribution to the ideological argument ...it provides a vital part of the intellectual manifesto on which the battle for a better society can be fought

I think I'd be a really good dad. So perhaps I'm doing society a disservice by not having as many kids as possible.

Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole.

I tend to look at potential investments from the standpoint of whether it is a valuable contribution to society.

John Coltrane was an addict; Billie Holiday was an addict; Eugene O'Neill was an addict. What would America be without addicts and post-addicts who make such grand contributions to our society?

We need everyone to participate to make our city safe. And we know that the vast majority of immigrants are contributing positively to our economy and to our society here in the city of New York.

If we can just try every day to be the best versions of ourselves, we are offering to the world the best addition to society.

Basis of society: anonymous sweat.

Every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society; and this is all the laws should enforce on him.

It occurred to me that I had the duty to give society something in exchange for the free education I was getting.

I always have to do more to contribute to society.