Erwin Schrodinger Quotes

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live. And most people are concerned about growing old rather than being effective.

I definitely want to be involved but only while I think I can make a contribution and I make a difference.

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live.

When I choose what I do, I ask, 'Does it make a difference?'

At the end of the day, most people just want to be valued. They want to feel they have put their time to something that will seem to have been of value when they die.

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.

Actions are remembered long after words are forgotten.

The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run.

Build something with enduring value.

She had been given a wonderful gift: life. Sometimes it was cruelly taken away too soon, but it's what you did with it that counted, not how long it lasted.

You can change the world, but if no one's listening, it doesn't matter.

I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference.

A person's shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.

You do hear from people that the things that you have done or projects you have worked on have made an impact on people's lives. I think it is important to take that seriously and to recognise that you are being followed and watched by some degree in what you do and you should use that. It's a real blessing to be able to make an impact on people's lives and to use that for the bettering of them.

People may find it more comfortable to listen to us if we equivocate, but in the long run only words that discomfort them are going to change our situation.

What does it matter how much we do if what we're doing isn't what matters most?

Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.

The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done, who lead, who grow and who make an impact . . . those people have goals.

It isn't how long you stick around but what you put over while you are here.

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something.

The question is not Will you succeed? but rather, Will you matter?

You have to take the good with the bad. Some players only talk to the press when they are doing good. When you're doing bad you shouldn't shy away from them and when doing good, don't run up to them.

You need to feel that you're making a difference.

It's a big gift to be recognizable as part of something that matters to people, but that's not the same as being responsible for something.