CURATED COLLECTION

A Life of Service to Others

The life spent mostly for others turns out, paradoxically, to be the richest kind.

99 quotes found

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The great city is that which has the greatest men and women.

—Walt WhitmanPoet & Essayist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Your voice is important. Use it.

—Kemi AdetibaKing

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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We are not passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are the crew.

—Naomi KleinAuthor & Activist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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You can be anxious, you can be a mother, you can be all of these things.

—Jacinda ArdernPolitician

Digital Age ERA • Oceania

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The unity of government is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence.

—George WashingtonPresident & General

Enlightenment ERA • North America

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Leadership is about empathy. It is about connecting with people and their stories.

—Jacinda ArdernPolitician

Digital Age ERA • Oceania

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We are stronger together. Our collective energy can move mountains, literally.

—Maimouna YoussefActivist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Women are not just victims of war, but agents of peace.

—Leymah GboweeActivist

Contemporary ERA • West Africa

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No excellent company can be created without excellent culture and excellent people.

—Zhang RuiminAuthor & Thinker

Late Modern ERA • East Asia

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My great concern is not whether God is on our side; my great concern is to be on God's side.

—Abraham LincolnPresident

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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A good leader is someone who can articulate a vision and motivate others to achieve it.

—Dorothy HeightActivist & King

Contemporary ERA • North America

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Our power is in our collective, not in our individual.

—Alicia GarzaActivist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The downtrodden, the oppressed, must speak for themselves. Their voice matters.

—Mahasweta DeviWriter & Activist

Post-War ERA • South Asia

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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. If you can't help, at least don't hurt.

—Dalai Lama (14th)Spiritual Leader

Digital Age ERA • East Asia

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We are the change we seek. We are the hope of the future.

—Barack ObamaPresident

Contemporary ERA • North America

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We must empower the poor, particularly women, to become agents of their own change.

—Ellen Johnson SirleafPolitician & President

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

—Abraham LincolnPresident

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Building an innovation ecosystem requires nurturing human connection, trust, and shared risk.

—Victor HwangTheorist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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We women stand for justice. We stand for peace and for reconciliation.

—Albertina SisuluActivist

Late Modern ERA • Southern Africa

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We are a multiracial society. This is a fundamental fact of our existence.

—Lee Kuan YewScholar & Thinker

Late Modern ERA • Southeast Asia

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