Paul Newman Quotes

Service is what life is all about.

Authentic values are those by which a life can be lived, which can form a people that produces great deeds and thoughts.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!

If you live life with the intention of making a difference in others' lives, your life will be full not empty.

It is more important to find out what you are giving to society than to ask what is the right means of livelihood.

You don't become happy by pursuing happiness. You become happy by living a life that means something.

I think you should live your life so that the maximum number of people will attend your funeral.

Nothing would mean anything if I didn't live a life of use to others.

The example my parents set, both in and outside of our household, helped me understand that we all have a specific purpose in life--to give back to society.

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.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

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.

Psychology cannot tell people how they ought to live their lives. It can however, provide them with the means for effecting personal and social change.

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.

Our principles fix what our life stands for, our aims create the light our life is bathed in, and our rationality, both individual and coordinate, defines and symbolizes the distance we have come from mere animality. It is by these means that our lives come to more than what they instrumentally yield. And by meaning more, our lives yield more.

As a person, you want to feel like you're giving back. That's something I've always enjoyed doing.

As we reach midlife in the middle thirties or early forties, we are not prepared for the idea that time can run out on us, or for the startling truth that if we don't hurry to pursue our own definition of a meaningful existence, life can become a repetition of trivial maintenance duties.

Why you exist, says Nietzsche with Søren Kierkegaard, nobody in the world can tell you in advance; but since you do exist, try to give your existence a meaning by setting up for yourself as lofty and noble a goal as you can.

... not mere achievement, but rather the more difficult feat of handling your life efficiently. It means to be a success as a person; controlled, organized, not part of the world's problems, but part of its cure. ... of being creative individuals.

Business has a responsibility to give back to the community.

Living a life with meaning means spreading the word. Even if you can't move, you can have a powerful effect with what you say.

For me, it's that I contributed, ... That I'm on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That's to me the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all the negative stuff going on in life.

I think that if something matters to you, and is important to you, then you give it the attention and energy it deserves. So, I don't look upon it as a price, but as an opportunity to influence the community in a healthy way.

The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you're not.