Jodie Foster Quotes

Wherever you are, design your life. Live the values of your generation.

We all have a finite amount of energy and time to give, and must figure out the best way to have an impact on the things that matter to us most - and it's okay that each one of us will do it differently.

I wish I could believe that one person could make a difference.

Everything that I decide to do means something, otherwise I don't do them.

I keep my focus on the stuff that matters to me, and that is pretty much how I live my life.

You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn't.

You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you.

What keeps me awake at night is just, Am I making the best use of the time that remains for me, to both be as good an example as I can in my own daily life, and as compelling as possible a voice for the ways in which we can all work together to tackle these issues.

The beginning don't matter. The end don't matter. All that matters is what you do in between...the greatest reward is to know that you did your job when you were here on the planet.

Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence.

May I not seem to have lived in vain.

I don't think you have to go out and become Secretary of State or be Bono but I think it's to let people know that whatever they do in their life that that's good.

What is a truthful life? A life lived with deliberateness, a good, strong life.

Make sure you live life, which means don't do things where you court celebrity, and give something positive back to our society.

Our time is brief, and it will pass no matter what we do. So let us have purpose in spending it. Let us spend it so that our time matters to each of us, and matters to all those whose lives we touch.

Every individual matters and has a role to play in this life on Earth.

No birth is an accident, No experience is without meaning, and no life is without value.

The only important thing in this life is to figure out how to use the experiences that you have to make the world a better place.

Life is so short. Why waste a single day of it doing something that doesn't matter, that doesn't try to do something big?

It's how you live that really counts

How I treat a brother or sister from day to day, how I react to the sin-scarred wino on the street, how I respond to interruptions from people I dislike, how I deal with normal people in their normal confusion on a normal day may be a better indication of my reverence for life than the antiabortion sticker on the bumper of my car.

Whatever title or office we may be privileged to hold, it is what we do that defines who we are ... Each of us must decide what kind of person we want to be-what kind of legacy that we want to pass on.

If you know me, you know I make every day count, I'm serious about my life.

The truth is, we live in deeds, not days; in actions and thoughts and feelings, not heartbeats.