Seth Godin Quotes

I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and not significant.

I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

There's not much point breaking records if, in the end, it doesn't mean anything.

It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant

Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.

The biggest motivation is not the money but the impact.

I'm just trying to matter.

Success is about us. Significance is about others.

A man has to BE something; he has to matter.

I want to do something that matters.

When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.

I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.

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

One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

I've got nothing against selling out, but just let me do it for something that matters. Not so I can be Number One With a Bullet, as it were, but so I can leave this world feeling like I made a difference.

If you want to be immortal, do something useful in your lifetime.

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

What is important is the character that I play. Making an impact is far more important than the length of the role.

You either make history or you don't.

All of us want to know that we are doing great things, that we are touching a lot of people, and that what we are doing is something bigger than ourselves.

A person is big if his work is big.

I think I make a difference. I mean a lot to my people. I've done well. They're proud of me.

Leaving a legacy behind is huge.