Contribution To Society Quotes

• Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Full Text of Governor Ikpeazu’s Inaugural Speech". dailypost.ng. May 30, 2015.

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• The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there it can expand to one's family, to one's neighborhood, to one's community and so on.

  Dalai Lama

  Family, Happy, Buddhist

  Dalai Lama, Howard Cutler, M.D. (2009). “The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World”, p.273, Harmony

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• Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

  M. Russell Ballard

  Meaningful, Involvement, Involved

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• The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Wise, Lifetime Achievement

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Feb 20, 2013

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  We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Christian, Wisdom

  Mother Teresa (2010). “Where There Is Love, There Is God: A Path to Closer Union with God and Greater Love for Others”, p.213, Image

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• There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.

  Walter Reuther

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Helping Others

  Walter Reuther (1961). “Selected Papers”, New York : Macmillan

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  You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Life, Motivational, Inspiring

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.15, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Funny, Motivational, Humorous

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• You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Motivational, Leadership, Lds

  Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Way to Be!: 9 Rules For Living the Good Life”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• Money is no good unless it contributes something to the community, unless it builds a bridge to a better life. Any man can make money, but it takes a special kind of man to use it responsibly.

  A. G. Gaston

  Inspirational, Life, Money

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• Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do

  Elvis Presley

  Change, Wisdom, Memories

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• Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism.

  Thomas Sowell

  People, Exhibitionism, Done

  "Random Thoughts". www.jewishworldreview.com. October 17, 2005.

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• In doing that which we most enjoy, we will probably make our most significant contribution to society, and the contribution we make to society determines our rewards.

  Earl Nightingale

  Rewards, Significant, Enjoy

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• Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world.

  Larry H. Miller

  Motivational, Change, Generosity

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• Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.

  Nelson Mandela

  Peace, Agreement, Development

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.251, Pan Macmillan

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• The future will be in the hands of those of you who belong to the 21st century. You have the opportunity and responsibility to build a better humanity. This means developing warm-heartednes s in this very life, here and now. So, do whatever work you do, but ask yourselves now and then, 'How can I contribute to human beings being happier and more peaceful?'

  Dalai Lama

  Mean, Responsibility, Opportunity

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• Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world. She will be missed.

  Jim Costa

  Struggle, Rights, Legacy

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  Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Motivational, Death

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Dec 05, 2013

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• The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence: Hate the man who is better off than you are. Never under any circumstances admit that his success may be due to his own efforts, to the productive contribution he has made to the whole community. Always attribute his success to the exploitation, the cheating, the more or less open robbery of others. Never under any circumstances admit that your own failure may be owing to your own weakness, or that the failure of anyone else may be due to his own defects - his laziness, incompetence, improvidence, or stupidity.

  Henry Hazlitt

  Success, Cheating, Freedom

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• The classics of Marxism talked of communism as a society to which a modern society should aspire, a society truly fair, where the relations of monetary exchange were not the priority but one wher the people's needs could be satisfied, and where people would not be worth more according to how much monetary wealth they acquired. Instead their value would be based on their contribution to society as a whole. It would be a society without class that would accept people based on their capabilities and their potential to contribute to that society.

  Alejandro Castro Espin

  Class, People, Priorities

  "The Future of Cuba". Interview with Lasonas Pipinis Velasco, www.counterpunch.org. February 27, 2015.

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• Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality.

  Lester B. Pearson

  Dream, Reality, Important

  Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1957.

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• We have much to contribute to the world; ways of knowing and being that are going to be essential to everyone's survival on our planet. As true citizens of Australia, properly acknowledged in our constitution, we can look forward not only to improving our own lot, but helping Australia contribute to the well-being of all the world's peoples.

  Patrick Dodson

  Inspirational, Change, Future

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• When I was a student at Cambridge I remember an anthropology professor holding up a picture of a bone with 28 incisions carved in it. "This is often considered to be man's first attempt at a calendar" she explained. She paused as we dutifully wrote this down. 'My question to you is this - what man needs to mark 28 days? I would suggest to you that this is woman's first attempt at a calendar. It was a moment that changed my life. In that second I stopped to question almost everything I had been taught about the past. How often had I overlooked women's contributions?

  Sandi Toksvig

  Women, Past, Feminist

  "Sandi Toksvig's top 10 unsung heroines" by Sandi Toksvig, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2009.

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• When women are able to live in a safe and secure environment, they can participate effectively in the economy and society. This helps overcome poverty, reduces inequalities and is beneficial for children's nutrition, health and school attendance. Every woman and girl has the right to live in safety in her home and community.

  Helen Clark

  Girl, Children, Women

  "Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: An Urgent Priority" by Helen Clark, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 25, 2013.

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