Quotes About Contribution

What we leave behind in this life is the memory of who we were and what we did. An imprint, no more.

Faith, courage, optimism, looking forward, bring us new life and more life. Futility, frustration, living in the past are not only characteristic of 'old age'; they contribute to it.

In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!

As far as we know, as a species, the only reason we were put on this planet is to help continue life.

Rebecca Eaton has made an enormous contribution to the cultural life of America, and, more than that, she is one of the most fun people I know.

To actually feel like you've done something good with your life and you're useful to others is what I was always wanting, and was always looking for.

large part of our purpose in life is to be of service to the rest of us.

With what we give, we make a life.

I think it's important to be involved with charities that don't necessarily reflect what you're dealing with in your life.

It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness.

With chisels and pickaxes we made our tiny contributions to this orgy of historic vandalism.

Moshe Adler, in his article "Overthrowing the Overpaid," points out, economists David Ricardo and Adam Smith, writing more than two hundred years ago, "concluded that what a person earns is determined not by what that person has produced but by that person's bargaining power. Why? Because production is typically carried out by teams…and the contribution of each member cannot be separated from that of the rest.

In a typical life cycle, prior to adulthood we consume more than we produce. As we acquire education and training, we contribute more to society than it takes to support us. During this period, a prudent or fortunate investor will accumulate wealth from which to draw upon later as he ages and reduces his income from work.

Personally, I can do very little, but I can contribute to a whole chain of events, and that's a marvelous feeling. It's like a bonus to me towards the end of my life. It gives me a voice." (Audrey Hepburn)

A chicken benefits not from her eggs; the honeybees cannot enjoy their honey; similarly, a writer earns nothing from its writing; and visionary one receives not a profit from its vision. However, the dominant figures stay to contribute little support for the continuation of a selfish and monopolized system.

A chicken benefits not from her eggs; the honeybees cannot enjoy their honey; similarly, a writer earns nothing from its writing; and visionary one receives not profit from its vision. However, the dominant figures stay to contribute a little support for the continuation of such a selfish and monopolized system.

A fief, the elder Hosokawa had advised, was like a castle wall built of many rocks. A rock that could not be cut to fit in comfortably with the others would weaken the whole structure, even though the rock itself might be of admirable size and quality. The daimy? of the new age left the unsuitable rocks in the mountains and fields, for there was an abundance of them. The great challenge was to find one great rock that would make an outstanding contribution to one's own wall.

Each time a divine incarnation comes to us, it is not to bring new truths or to establish a new religion but to remind us of what we have forgotten: that we are all one, and that we must live in harmony with this unity by learning to contribute to the joy and fulfillment of all.

You can be, should be, and need to be involved in the world. It truly needs you.

The world needs to coax more such folks into public positions. But if they don't coax us, we had better volunteer now and then.

When the extraverted were with someone who was highly introverted, they liked not having to be so cheerful. And the introverted found conversing with the extraverted "a breath of fresh air." The picture we gain from Thorne is that each type contributes something to this world that is equally important.

You're either part of the solution or part of the problem.

You are either part of the solution or part of the problem.

When you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem.