Meaningful Contributions Quotes

I want to be remembered as a great friend, an outstanding father, an amazing husband, and a good soul who always strived to serve God and man. And during that time of service on earth, I would like people to think, "He brought joy, love, opportunity, and fulfillment to millions of people."

The hands that help are better far / Than lips that pray. / Love is the ever gleaming star / That leads the way, / That shines, not on vague worlds of bliss, / But on a paradise in this.

So few people did good in their lives. It was depressing.

Our most important legacy will be the contributions we make to the lives of other human beings.

You don't have to make the headlines to make a difference.

You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

Part of our purpose in life is to build a legacy – a consistent pattern of building into the lives of others.

We're all living on borrowed time. The trick is to come up with works of sufficient interest to pay off the debt.

Be involved; be informed. Make meaningful contributions to society through service and involvement.

You and I aren't remembered for what we acquire but for what we contribute.

Connect, create meaning, make a difference, matter, be missed.

Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.

As you take the normal opportunities of your daily life and create something of beauty and helpfulness, you improve not only the world around you but also the world within you.

I don't measure success in numbers, but I consider my contributions of more than $1.3 billion to various causes over the years to be one of my proudest accomplishments and the best investment I've ever made. Those dollars have improved lives, saved species, fought disease, educated children, inspired change, challenged ideas and opened minds; at the time of my death, virtually all of my wealth will have gone to charity.

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference.

If you're not doing something with your life, then it doesn’t matter how long you live. If you're doing something with your life, then it doesn't matter how short your life may be. A life is not measured by years lived, but by its usefulness. If you are giving, loving, serving, helping, encouraging, and adding value to others, then you're living a life that counts!

I know that it is not enough to be remembered for books and theories. One does not make a difference unless it is a difference in people's lives.

Particularly if you're a good engineer, there's a lot of ways you can make money, but to actually have an impact on the world is rare, and when you find an opportunity for that, it's very special.

It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige. Seeds of kindness, goodwill, and human understanding, planted in fertile soil, spring up into deathless friendships, big deeds of worth, and a memory that will not soon fade out. We are all sowers of seeds-and let us never forget it!

I want to do things that will change someone's life, not something they'll forget about tomorrow.

I would like people not to think in terms of the 755 home runs I hit but think in terms of what I've accomplished off the field and some of the things I stood for.

I want to do projects that speak to people, things that inspire change, and projects that help people grow and help me grow in the process.

If you live life with the intention of making a difference in others' lives, your life will be full not empty.

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.

It is important to go into work you would like to do. Then it doesn't seem like work. You sometimes feel it's almost too good to be true that someone will pay you for enjoying yourself. I've been very fortunate that my work led to useful drugs for a variety of serious illnesses. The thrill of seeing people get well who might otherwise have died of diseases like leukemia, kidney failure, and herpes virus encephalitis cannot be described in words.