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

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"Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion, you’re wasting your life."

- Jackie Robinson

Courage

"Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life."

- Jackie Robinson

Motivation

"Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life."

- Jackie Robinson

Motivation

"It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first."

- Jackie Robinson

Motivation

"I am not concerned about your liking or disliking me…All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."

- Jackie Robinson

Respect

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"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

- William James

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"The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to make things better."

- Robert F. Kennedy

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"The best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself."

- Wallace Wattles

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"As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way."

- Mary Anne Radmacher

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"A veces sentimos que lo que hacemos es tan solo una gota en el mar, pero el mar sería menos si le faltara una gota."

- Mother Teresa

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