Rene Descartes Quotes

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

I work as if I were going to be the next person to need a respirator. I share in the benefits I bestow on others, and my work has enriched my life.

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

Again the greatest use of a human was to be useful. Not to consume, not to watch, but to do something for someone else that improved their life, even for a few minutes.

I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty ... This is my highest and best use as a human.

How many people you bless is how you measure success

When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.

If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.

I'm in the lucky position that I can help a huge amount of people. It's a great privilege and freedom to have.

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

The way I ought to measure my life is in terms of the others I helped to become better and happier people. That's the biggest thing to think about if you're not happy.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

I'm sure I'll be doing something of social or political worth the rest of my life.

Service is what life is all about.

I'm not that comfortable with actors receiving honours, partly because I think they ought to go to those who really help others.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

I get enormous satisfaction from knowing I'm doing something for society.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

If I didn't feel that I was doing something or trying to do something for others, then I would have very little excuse for the life that I lead.