1. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something. ~Henry David Thoreau
2. Be a fountain, not a drain. ~Rex Hudler
3. By the choices and acts of our lives, we create the person that we are and the faces that we wear. By the choices and acts of our lives we give to the world wherein our lives are lived, hoping that our neighbors will find our contributions to be of worth, and hoping that the world will be a little more gracious for our time in it. ~Kenneth Patton
4. Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~Howard Thurman
5. From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. ~Arthur Ashe
6. How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness! ~Anne Frank
7. I have nothing but respect and admiration for honest businessmen. Their contributions to our society are indispensable and almost completely unsung. The entrepreneur who risks everything he has in order to realize a dream - and improve our lives in the process - is engaged in a worthy and honorable pursuit that earns him precious little respect in our society. ~Ron Paul
8. If you have a passion, then you have something to contribute. It's not about asking, What should I do? It's about asking, What is my passion? ~Catherine Muther
9. Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal aims of humanity. ~Leo Tolstoy
10. No man is so poor as to have nothing worth giving: as well might the mountain streamlets say they have nothing to give the sea because they are not rivers. Give what you have. To someone it may be better than you dare to think. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
11. Over the course of the millennia, all these ancestors in your tree, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time-to give birth to you. There has never been, nor will ever be, another like you. You have been given a tremendous responsibility. You carry the hopes and dreams of all those who have gone before. Hopes and dreams for a better world. What will you do with your time on this Earth? How will you contribute to the ongoing story of humankind? ~Laurence Overmire
12. Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too. ~Albert Schweitzer
13. The art of giving is perfected through anonymity. ~Doug Horton
14. The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. ~Helen Keller
15. We all have something to give. So if you know how to read, find someone who can't. If you've got a hammer, find a nail. If you're not hungry, not lonely, not in trouble - seek out someone who is. ~George Herbert Walker Bush
16. We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. ~Mother Teresa
17. When you are making a success of something, it's not work. It's a way of life. You enjoy yourself because you are making your contribution to the world. ~Andy Granatelli
18. When you dig a hole, people fall in. When you build a cathedral, people worship. ~Unknown