Cicely Tyson Quotes

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

I'm just trying to matter and live a good life and make work that means something to somebody.

It's nice to feel that you have a purpose.

There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.

You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

I think there's nothing that makes you happier than to be really involved in something. I can't imagine a totally idle life.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

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.

One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'

Everyone wants that sense of fulfilling a purpose in some way.

It was just the greatest feeling to see a kid with your shoes on.

I'm happy I'm able to leave a legacy behind. I'm happy I was able to win a championship. I have no regrets about nothing.

I wanna make my mark, and I wanna be part of something!

I'm living out my dreams every day.

I really understood what success is with 'Kempegowda.'

It doesn't matter what it is you're doing, my motto is: the joy is in the doing.

I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital.

Everyone has to die someday. I'd rather die after doing something worthwhile.

The emotional power of creating something... Nothing gives me as much joy as that.

Real happiness comes from discovering a sense of importance in one's actions and in one's life.

A lot of people write and tell us what The B-52s meant to them - straight, straight-A students, those who were a little awkward, weren't always the ones who fit in. People have told us that just having us and our music was beyond important and really made me feel that what we were doing was worth something big.

I want to know that I've accomplished something. I want to feel that it had some meaning. At the last summing up, I want to be sure it wasn't all-for nothing.

Obviously its a good feeling to know that something you've done has lasted.

Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.