“The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”— Sam Walter Foss
“The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.”— Mary McLeod Bethune
“There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.”— Walter Reuther
“Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men.”— Rollo May
“There is only one yardstick by which to measure a man's worth to the society in which he lives: his contribution to that society.”— Matthew B. Ridgway
“You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what that is.”— Ricky Gervais
“Don't discount yourself, no matter what you're doing. Everyone has a unique perspective that they can bring to the world.”— Mark Zuckerberg
“My own contributions to this field have been in the development of a systematic hierarchy of theoretical models.”— John Pople
“We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.”— Ellen DeGeneres
“Could you do with a little more goodness in your life? Then you will be glad to know that you are a contributor to the goodness of the world and that you have a vital role to play.”— Sarah Ban Breathnach