Contribution Quotes

"Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem."

- Ronald Reagan

"If you want to know where to find your contribution to the world, look at your wounds. When you learn how to heal them, teach others"

- Emily Maroutian

""I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some.""

- Herbert Rappaport

"My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all."

- John Lennon

"Five years back my best friend (my soulmate for 25 years) her thirty two year old son was killed crossing a road. My children and her children were always together. My children will never fully recover from this loss. He was my friend’s son, but I had been a big part of his life from such a young age. I had never known sadness like this. What really has helped my friend and me to cope with his tragic death is that she has reached out to so many other children in need. “THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO IN THIS WORLD AND SO MUCH TO LOOSE IF IT IS NOT DONE”. By helping children of fathers who have committed suicide, we have found a purpose to lift them up by sponsoring for their education. It is as if saying “SO WHAT IF MY SON IS GONE, FOR IN HIS MEMORY HUNDREDS WILL LIVE ON”. When she and I receive pictures of these children, we see Paul (son who died) looking back at us and saying “Thank You Moms”."

- Anju Chawla

"Success is not about the applause you receive, but about the lives you impact along the way."

- SZA

"The woman power of this nation can be the power which makes us whole and heals the rotten community, now so shattered by war and poverty and racism. I have great faith in the power of women who will dedicate themselves whole-heartedly to the task of remaking our society."

- Coretta Scott King

"Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe you must become its soul."

- Coretta Scott King

"When you help a woman fulfil her potential, magic happens."

- Sara Blakely

"The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball – the further I am rolled the more I gain."

- Susan B. Anthony

"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily difference we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."

- Marian Wright Edelman

"Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more."

- Tony Robbins

"And do good; indeed, Allāh loves the doers of good."

- Quran 2:195

"Then we caused to inherit the Book those We have chosen of Our servants; and among them is he who wrongs himself, and among them is he who is moderate, and among them is he who is foremost in good deeds by permission of Allah. That [inheritance] is what is the great bounty."

- Quran 35:32

"Everyone must leave something behind when he dies… Something your hand touches some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there."

- Ray Bradbury

"Pass on what you have learned."

- Yoda

"The time to protect a species is while it is still common."

- Rosalie Edge

"At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realize I am fighting for humanity."

- Chico Mendes

"Were the importance of our forests at all understood by the people in general, even from an economic standpoint their preservation would call forth the most watchful attention of the Government."

- John Muir

"We are all musicians in a great human orchestra, and it is now time to play the Save the World Symphony. You are not required to play a solo, but you are required to know what instrument you hold and play it as well as you can. You are required to find your place in the score. What we love we must protect."

- Sandra Steingraber

"The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds."

- Dalai Lama

"We have the potential to enhance the planet. Trees enhance the planet. People could go further. We could make the Earth sing."

- Michael Reynolds

"He that plants trees loves others besides himself."

- Thomas Fuller

"Always pass on what you have learned."

- Yoda

"If all you do is fight for your own life, then your life is worth nothing."

- Hera Syndulla

"The talents we each have been blessed with can only be developed if we use them fully to benefit the lives of others as well as our own."

- Karen Casey

"Everywhere you go, make positive deposits rather than negative withdrawals. You can be a people builder."

- Joel Osteen

"It is good people who make good places."

- Anna Sewell

"Winning is fun, but those moments that you can touch someone's life in a very positive way are better."

- Tim Howard

"It's the little things done consistently over time, straight from your heart, that have the greatest impact."