Other Lives Made Better

 The true measure of success in life is how many other lives you made better.
- Jeff Hoffman

It is not what we get.
But who we become, what we contribute...
that gives meaning to our lives.
- Tony Robbins

Life is no brief candle to me.
It is a sort of splendid torch
which I have got a hold of for the moment,
and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible
before handing it on to future generations.
- George Bernard Shaw

Almost nothing you worry about today
will matter in a hundred years.
Think carefully about what you can focus on today.
Choose tasks that will actually make a positive difference
to your great-grandchildren.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children,
to leave the world a better place,
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.
- Bessie A. Stanley (commonly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Further reading: Serving Others

To Live, Not Merely To Exist

Passing the Torch

Recognizing Our Abundance