Contribution Quotes - Page 19

Replace your pursuit of success with the pursuit of contribution.

Peter Drucker

Pursuit

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Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion, should be done and may, in fact, in the end, be our greatest contribution to civilization.

Steven Weinberg

Civilization, Facts, Done

Beyond Belief : Science, Religion, Reason and Survival, November 5, 2006.

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When I was young, the concept of being a dreamer was a very negative one. If you were a dreamer, you were useless. You didn't contribute anything to society. But Star Trek made dreaming legitimate, and I think that was a huge, huge contribution.

Martin Cooper

Dream, Stars, Thinking

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Are you willing to take the Big Leap to your ultimate level of success in love, money, and creative contribution?

Gay Hendricks

Creative, Levels, Bigs

Gay Hendricks, PhD (2009). “The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level”, p.12, Harper Collins

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I need scarcely say that the beginning and maintenance of life on earth is absolutely and infinitely beyond the range of all sound speculation in dynamical science. The only contribution of dynamics to theoretical biology is absolute negation of automatic commencement or automatic maintenance of life.

Lord Kelvin

Sound, Needs, Maintenance

"The Life of Lord Kelvin" by Silvanus Phillips, Volume 2, (p. 866), 2005.

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Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of greater value than life itself. This gallant Air Force hero will be remembered because he made his final contribution to aviation in the dangerous role of test pilot of an untried experimental plane, a deed that places him among the stout-hearted pioneers who gave their lives in the conquest of sky and space.

Eddie Rickenbacker

Hero, Sky, Space

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Woe to the Revolution when the day comes, when the people, overburdened by contributions and consumed by abuses, turn to their enemies for salvation!

Apolinario Mabini

People, Abuse, Enemy

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Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution extending a hundred generations to come.

Kano Jigoro

Generations, Sun, Hundred

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Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life---reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.

Max De Pree

Thinking, Risk, Growth

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It's good to be young and full of dreams. Dreams of one day doing something 'insanely great.' Dreams of love, beauty, achievement, and contribution. But understand they have a life of their own, and they're not very good at following instructions. Love them, revere them, nurture them, respect them, but don't ever become a slave to them. Otherwise you'll kill them off prematurely, before they get the chance to come true.

Hugh Jackman

Dream, Love Is, Following Instructions

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The need to leave a legacy is our spiritual need to have a sense of meaning, purpose, personal congruence, and contribution.

Stephen Covey

Spiritual, Legacy, Needs

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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Once befriended, our shadow becomes a divine map that-when properly read and followed-reconn ects us to the life we were meant to live, the people we were meant to be, and the contributions we were meant to give.

Debbie Ford

People, Giving, Shadow

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The secret to a happy life is to recognize that no matter what the situation, there's a creative opportunity in it. Also, finding meaning and purpose in your life to make a contribution.

Deepak Chopra

Happy Life, Opportunity, Creative

"What's the Secret to a Happy Life? Oprah Talks to Deepak Chopra". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. May 15, 2012.

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Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head of impressive corporations.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Home, Army, House

Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.177, Harmony

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When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome. Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment. What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

Robert H. Schuller

Inspirational, Shining, Joy

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With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art.

Garry Kasparov

Art, Mistake, Chess

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I have nothing but praise for the boy. He is easily the best player in the world. His contribution as a goal threat is unbelievable. His stats are incredible. Strikes at goal, attempts on goal, raids into the penalty box, headers. It is all there. Absolutely astounding.

Alex Ferguson

Boys, Cristiano Ronaldo, Player

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The scorn which I had reason to fear on account of the novelty and unconventionality of my opinion almost induced me to abandon completely the work which I had undertaken. . . . Astronomy is written for astronomers. To them my work too will seem, unless I am mistaken, to make some contribution.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Novelty, Opinion, Astronomy

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Do not cringe and make yourself small if you are called the black sheep, the maverick, the lone wolf. Those with slow seeing say that a noncomformist is a blight on society. But it has been proven over the centuries, that being different means standing at the edge, that one is practically guaranteed to make an original contribution, a useful and stunning contribution to her culture.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Mean, Healing, Sheep

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Abdur Rab offers a comprehensive vision of Islam using the Quran as his sole religious textual source. He intentionally avoids the hadith literature, which he believes, and argues, has done much damage to the message of the Quran. His work provides many thought-provoking insights and should be a significant contribution to the 'Quran only' movement in modern Islam.

Jeffrey Lang

Religious, Believe, Thought Provoking

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The Astonishment Tapes will now take its place within the growing field of international research about postwar American poetry's important contribution to world literature. Miriam Nichols has once again done exceptional scholarship.

Peter Gizzi

Important, Astonishment, Fields

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Now a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government projects and international aid efforts. These alone will not do. Education and training alone will not do. In Africa Christianity changes people's hearts. It brings a spiritual transformation. The rebirth is real. The change is good.

Matthew Parris

Christian, Spiritual, Atheist

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First off there is no question that LaDainian is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. His contributions off the field to the community of San Diego are as important as what he did on the field. What he did on the field was monumental.

Dan Fouts

Community, Important, San Diego

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The notions of going to work, putting in set hours, and getting 'face time' are increasingly antiquated ideas. Because of technology we have entered a modern era of work where we can work from wherever we want, whenever we want and we can be more productive and make greater contributions than ever before.

Maynard Webb

Technology, Ideas, Want

"Adjusting Our Work-Life Balance in the Internet Economy" by Maynard Webb, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2010.

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...there are persons who seem to have overcome obstacles and by character and perseverance to have risen to the top. But we have no record of the numbers of able persons who fall by the wayside, persons who, with enough encouragement and opportunity, might make great contributions.

Mary Barnett Gilson

Teamwork, Perseverance, Encouragement

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