Quotes on Contribution To Society

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.

The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored.

The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there it can expand to one's family, to one's neighborhood, to one's community and so on.

Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do