Roosevelt Skerrit Quotes

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

Money comes and goes. When you pass away it's about what you've done to make this world a better place.

Whoever uplifts civilization is rich though he die penniless, and future generations will erect his monument.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

Often, we do not know where our choices will take us. This is why the best choices are often made based not on what they can bring to us, but what they will allow us to bring to others.

I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!

If they want to write about me in a good way, they should write how I do things that are useful.

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.

My great hope for my speck of time on this planet would be that I live and die, and that what I leave behind has made some kind of impression and has been for the better in terms of my family and friends and, in my case, public service.

We build our legacy piece by piece, and maybe the whole world will remember you or maybe just a couple of people, but you do what you can to make sure you're still around after you're gone.

When all is said and done, I want to die exhausted and empty because I gave everything that was in me. I believe that's why we're all here: to give of ourselves to one another to help create a better world, because you can't take it with you.

When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.

You and I aren't remembered for what we acquire but for what we contribute.

public work brings a vicarious but assured sense of immortality. We may be poor, weak, timid, in debt to our landlady, bullied by our nieces, stiff in the joints, shortsighted and distressed; we shall perish, but the cause endures; the cause is great.

Fame is worth less than service.

Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world.

If you devote yourself to more than yourself ... you will have more than yourself to show for yourself.

The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.

What is death to me? I have sown the seeds others will reap.