Robert Parish Quotes

Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.

What preys on my mind is simply this one question: what am I good for, could I not be of service or use in some way?

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

I don't want to be a guy that's just out there to be out there; I want to play and contribute.

Nobody cares if you're an idiot, as long as you're a useful one.

To actually feel like you've done something good with your life and you're useful to others is what I was always wanting, and was always looking for.

Make yourself necessary to the world, and mankind will give you bread.

Everybody has a role or part to play; if somebody fits the bill, that is what matters.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

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

My problem is how to find the best way of being useful.

The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.

I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

I aspire to be useful.

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.

I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!

You always want to contribute wherever you are.

What is important is how much service you can give to the world and how much better you can make things. These are important things. These are all that are important. A bank account never measured the worth of a man. His ability to help measured his worth and that's all. A bank account can assist one to help but where it ceases to do that it becomes useless.

Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

To use is necessary. And if you can't be used, then you're useless.