The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live. And most people are concerned about growing old rather than being effective.
The graveyard is the richest place on the surface of the earth because there you will see the books that were not published, ideas that were not harnessed, songs that were not sung, and drama pieces that were never acted.
The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation.
If your vision dies with you, you failed.
Leadership success is measured by the success of your successor.
We never know how far reaching something we may think, say or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow.
Make the world a better place because you have lived in it.
So don’t be average. Don’t be good. Don’t be great. Be phenomenal. Or be forgotten.
I can’t go back and change the hands of time but what I can do is create a new legacy.
It is not how you start the race or where you are during the race-it is how you cross the finish line that will matter.
I want to try the impossible to show that it can be done.
It is not what you gather but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.
Don’t be on your deathbed someday, having squandered your one chance at life, full of regret because you pursued little distractions instead of big dreams.
The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.
O man, whoever you are and wherever you come from, for I know you will come, I am Cyrus who won the Persians their empire. Do not therefore begrudge me this bit of earth that covers my bones.
No one gets remembered for the things they didn’t do.
When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today.
Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.
Leave this world a little better than you found it.
One day you’ll leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember.