Macklemore Quotes

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

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

We can all be successful and make money, but when we die, that ends. But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.

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.

The point of life is to transcend the smallness of the finite self by identifying with things that last.

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

I want it to be said when I leave this world that 'he was not just a money-making machine.'

If you've made enough money where you're not worried about the rent or survival, you start asking yourself why you're on this planet. Your point is to do the most good you can before you die - well, I could do more good if I didn't die.

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.

My great hope for my speck of time on this planet would be that I live and die, and that what I leave behind has made some kind of impression and has been for the better in terms of my family and friends and, in my case, public service.

I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.

We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.

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

Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.

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

We're all going to die. While I'm still here, I want to make a difference.

At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a net worth of $10 billion? Obviously I'm picking the former, although I would not mind both.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

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 want to leave this earth knowing that I did something. I made a difference in someone's life.

I don't want to be forgotten or not have helped as many people as I can before I pass.

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.

Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God.

The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.