Clayton Christensen Quotes

Don't worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people.

I've concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn't dollars but the individual people whose lives I've touched.

That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what we have learned. To teach what we know, and shorten the journey for those who will come after us.

The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.

I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people.

I think that people will find a tremendous joy and fulfillment in service to other human beings, and that often this is what is missing in their lives.

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

I love life and people, so I guess I want to help anyone I can live the fullest, most wonderful life possible.

People discover that by helping others, even when they themselves are suffering, they end up improving their own lives.

Discover this mystery: as you help others face their days, you put life into your own. And life is exactly what many people need.

We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.

If you’ll dare to take your mind off your troubles, get your mind off your own needs and, instead, seek to be a blessing to other people, God will do more for you than you could even ask or think.

I have found that the more I get my ego out of a picture and the more I think about how can I serve other people instead of always thinking about me, the more miracles show up.

You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself.

You can find people who have discovered the fact that it's really helping people, it's really being compassionate toward other human beings that makes you happy, that gives you a spiritual fulfillment - a kind of fulfillment that goes way beyond anything you can buy.

The way I ought to measure my life is in terms of the others I helped to become better and happier people. That's the biggest thing to think about if you're not happy.

I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

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

I am a great motivator. I have struggles in my life, and the only way I can push through them is to motivate others. It really is quite selfish.

To help people who do not have any hope, helps you.

In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need it.

I love to help people live fully - I guess because I'm always striving towards that myself!

The belt will grow dust and sit on the mantelpiece, but it's not about the belt. It's about how I can be as a father, as a human being that matters to me.

we come to realize that other people's welfare is just as important as our own. In helping them, we help ourselves. In helping ourselves, we help the world.

Unless we give part of ourselves away, unless we can live with other people and understand them and help them, we are missing the most essential part of our own human lives.