Albert Hammond Jr. Quotes

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

I'm a teacher and a philosopher by nature... In the end, I'm trying to teach people to live a better life. And if I can do that on top of entertain, then I leave the world a better place.

At the end of my life I want to be able to say I contributed more than I criticized.

I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven't lived in vain.

I've been around a long time, so I guess I've touched a lot of people's lives - hopefully for the better.

It means that through knowledge have come responsibility and hope, and through both, action.

I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.

You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying.

You can satisfy your soul's mission by committing to leaving something behind on this planet that will make a difference to those who come after you.

Growing up with my father's legacy, we never felt that we had to do anything, but we were always raised to think: What could be better than to explore the wonders of the world and share that with people? To try and make the world a better place. And I guess it stuck.

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.

By the time I'm 90, I hope to have it together.

I hope that what I am today is of positive benefit to other people.

If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it and to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.

I care about how many people's lives I've positively impacted. That's the unit of measurement I measure myself by.

You'd like to leave the world a better place than it was before.

I'm motivated to keep going to keep making a difference in people's lives.

The power you have is to be the best version of yourself you can be, so you can create a better world.

What is important - what I consider success - is that we make a contribution to our world.

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world.

You may find that making a difference for others makes the biggest difference in you.

The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.

I tried to make some difference, and I think I managed to do that.

From my first year on the faculty, there was always so much more I wanted to impart to the students. I decided that, rather than waste the last day of class summarizing the semester, I'd spend my time talking about what I'd learned in life that was useful.