Quotes about Contribution

Labor is the true standard of value.

No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.

My internal and external life depend so much on the work of others that I must make an extreme effort to give as much as I receive.

Don't die old, die empty. That's the goal of life. Go to the cemetery and disappoint the graveyard.

To respect someone in a team setting means to show honor and esteem for his or her contribution. We must acknowledge that we need one another and we must show equal concern for every member. If one member suffers, we all suffer. If one member is honored, we are all honored. We are a team.

We can't all be captains; we've got to be crew. There's something for all of us here. There's big work to do and there's lesser to do and the task we must do is the near. If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail, if you can't be the sun, be a star; it isn't by the size that you win or you fail, be the best of whatever you are!

We don't consume the merits of Christ or the services of the church. We are participants, not spectators.

There is a use for everyone.

The significance - and ultimately the quality - of the work we do is determined by our understanding of the story in which we are taking part.

The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.