Don't worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people.
Interpretation
Focus on positively impacting others rather than seeking personal fame.
This quote emphasizes the importance of contributing to the growth and development of others rather than fixating on one's own status or achievements. It suggests that true success is measured by the positive influence we have on those around us and our ability to help others improve themselves.
In practice
This quote can inspire conversations during a team-building event focused on community service.
You can talk all you want about having a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented.
...it's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.
Disruptive innovations create jobs, efficiency innovations destroy them.
Focus is scary—until you realize that it only means turning your back on markets you could never have anyway. Sharp focus on jobs that customers are trying to get done holds the promise of greatly improving the odds of success in new-product development.
Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.
Intimate, loving, and enduring relationships with our family and close friends will be among the sources of the deepest joy in our lives.
I shall have to believe even though I cannot understand.
You are also the physician who must watch over yourself. But in the course of every illness there are many days in which the physician can do nothing but wait.
In the intricate paths of life when difficulties and hardships confront a man, and the darkness of difficulty and suffering becomes long, it is patience only that acts like a light for a Muslim, that keeps him safe from wandering here and there, and saves him from the muddy marsh of disappointment, desperation and frustration.
I love those who can smile in trouble.
A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it.
People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.
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