Contribution Quotes

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

- Warren Buffett

"Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow."

- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

"I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference."

- Lady Gaga

"Engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man."

- Thomas Tredgold

"Engineering: The art of organizing and directing men, and of controlling the forces and materials of nature for the benefit of the human race."

- Henry Gordon Stott

"Memories of our lives, our weeks, and our deeds will continue in others."

- Rosa Parks

"There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made."

- Michelle Obama

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."

- Jackie Robinson

"I have had one goal in my life, that of playing some role in making life a little easier for the persons who come after me."

- Percy Lavon Julian

"The science research of today is [a] temporary culmination of a very long, hard-fought struggle by a largely invisible community of our ancestors."

- Gerald Holton

"He was always proud of what he had. He said his greatest contribution is the ones you leave behind. Raised on the ways and gentle kindness of a small town Southern man."

- Alan Jackson

"What you have to give, the world needs."

- Aditi Shah

"Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives."

- Michelle Obama

"Every selfless act, Arjuna, is born from Brahman, the eternal, infinite Godhead. He is present in every act of service. All life turns on this law, O Arjuna. Whoever violates it, indulging his senses for his own pleasure and ignoring the needs of others, has wasted his life. But those who realize the Self are always satisfied. Having found the source of joy and fulfillment, they no longer seek happiness from the external world. They have nothing to gain or lose by any action; neither people nor things can affect their security. Strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world; by devotion to selfless work one attains the supreme goal of life. Do your work with the welfare of others always in mind."

- Bhagavad Gita

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give."

- Winston Churchill

"Success isn’t about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives."

- Michelle Obama

"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned."

- Peter Marshall

"Each day of our lives, we make deposits in the memory banks of our children."

- Charles R. Swindoll

"My bees cover one thousand square miles of land that I do not own in their foraging flights, flying from flower to flower for which I pay no rent, stealing nectar but pollinating plants in return."

- Sue Hubbell

"I have performed for thousands when they found me exotic, the vogue, daring, but I have danced, at any given time, for about ten people…. They were the ones that left the theater forever different from the way they were when they came in. All of my long, long life, I have danced for those ten."

- Ruth St. Denis

"When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life or the life of another."

- Helen Keller

"“The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”"

- Nelson Henderson

"We always wanted to adopt, and when the opportunity opened up, we did it to help change a child’s life."

- Willie Robertson

"Your greatest contribution to the kingdom of God may not be something you do but someone you raise."

- Andy Stanley

"Helping a child is the best investment you can make in the future."

"Small acts, when multiplied, can transform the world"

- Unknown

"Plant a flower, save a bee, a simple act with a profound impact on our planet's fate."

"Every garden you plant, every flower you grow, is a vote to save the bees and our planet."

"Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God."

""Always make every person, place or condition better than you left it.""