Jessie Reyez Quotes

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

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.

My life is a contribution.

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.

You get one life. Live it in a way that it inspires someone.

I think you should live your life so that the maximum number of people will attend your funeral.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

We only have so much life left. Before I do die, I want to do something good for people.

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

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

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.

I would love to be remembered as a wonderfully dynamic and multitalented actress who left a legacy through her work and through her life of helping people and of being a positive force in the world.

I hope that, when I leave this planet, I will have touched a few people in a positive way. That's really what I hope I am remembered for the most.

If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself.

It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice.

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.

It's really not about me. At the end of the day, God willing, I'll have another 40 or 50 years on this planet, and what I'm saying to myself is, 'What do I want to leave here?'

Everyone asks, 'What's your goal? Do you want to win an Oscar? Do you want to work with Meryl Streep?' No! I want to buy my mum a house. I want to make her proud.

I think about legacy, of course. I don't want to make my life nothing. I want to know that I died and made a massive difference. I want to know that my life purpose was bigger than myself, and I want to pay forward because the amount of people that have helped me... the list of people that have contributed to where I am now is insane.

Before I leave this earth, I'm going to help people have a better future.

If you're not doing something with your life, then it doesn’t matter how long you live. If you're doing something with your life, then it doesn't matter how short your life may be. A life is not measured by years lived, but by its usefulness. If you are giving, loving, serving, helping, encouraging, and adding value to others, then you're living a life that counts!

Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole.