Emily Dickinson Quotes

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Everyone has to die someday. I'd rather die after doing something worthwhile.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

I want to be all used up when I die.

I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits?

I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

Being able to score touchdowns and win games is a way to get a platform. But, ultimately, if that's what you do in your life, and that's what your life is based on, I don't know - I feel like that's a little bit of a meaningless life.

I want to be remembered as a guy who tried his best and did his best.

I'm not looking to be famous, but I want a body of work and a moral character that is deserving of fame.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

I was a little different. I still say I'm a little different, because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house.

To do what you wanna do, to leave a mark - in a way that you think is important and lasting - that's a life well-lived.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Your ultimate life experience and legacy is being built moment by moment, day by day. Your story is being crafted by your every action, all leading somewhere, all leading to what one hopes will be a magnificent crescendo.

You can only make so much money in life and only enjoy so many creature comforts. The important thing is to do something meaningful-to leave something behind.

The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.

The secret of salvation is this: keep sweet, be useful, and keep busy.

A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.

The value of achievement lies in the achieving.

The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

The performance of duty, and not an indulgence in vapid ease and vapid pleasure, is all that makes life worth while.

All my life I wanted to accomplish something worthwhile-a thing people will say took a little something.