Pliny the Elder·77 ADTrue glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it.
Winston Churchill·1900It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.
Marcus Aurelius·180 ADUnderstand however that every man is worth just so much as the things are worth about which he busies himself.
Steve Jobs·1987Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?
Thomas à KempisBe thou never without something to do; be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or doing something that is useful to the community.
Ralph Waldo Emerson·1850·ConcordThe purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, honorable, compassionate.
Thomas Carlyle·1843·London, EnglandBlessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
Amos Tversky·Jerusalem, IsraelIt is sometimes easier to make the world a better place than to prove you have made the world a better place.
Abraham Lincoln·1860·SpringfieldIn the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Carl Jung·1963As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.