I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value.
– IM Pei
Related Quotes:
- In politics no permanent friends, no permanent enemies but permanent interest. – Patience Johnson
- Nothing was permanent. . . Nothing will be permanent. . . Nothing is permanent. . .~Ramy(n) – Ramy
- Don’t make your job your permanent assignment. Rather, make your work your permanent assignment – Sunday Adelaja
- Never plan to make this world your permanent abode, for it is temporal for all, rather permanent your ideas & purpose here. – AuliqIce
- Life is not permanent problems with the goal of obtaining peace. Its permanent peace with occasional problems. – Rory s
- Life on this planet on its own is temporal. So tell me why you think your problems are permanent. No condition is permanent. – Israelmore Ayivor
- Community service has become a patch for morality. You can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck. – Timothy J Keller
- I would have been trying to pitch a concept about my community to someone that most likely was not a part of that community. – Lamar Tyler
- There is no commerce without community. And there is no community without commerce – Michele Jennae
- The betterment of a community directly depends on the betterment of lives in that Community. – Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
- Great artists need great clients. – IM Pei
- I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity. – IM Pei
- Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones. – IM Pei
- Success is a collection of problems solved. – IM Pei
- Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. – M Scott Peck
- If you feel trapped quit thinking about the trap and start thinking about your value. Life favors value. Value is your way out. – Bryant McGill
- It’s really simple. Sell high-value stuff to people who value high-value stuff. – Richie Norton
- It is not, in the long run, the battles and sieges that signify, but the permanent effect on the human race of the changes they help to bring about. – John Baddeley
- I must change in order to change the world. The only revolution with any permanent value takes part in the breast of the individual person. – Stephen Covey
- No rational person would intentionally commit an act of evil, for everyone knows that it would bring the wrath of the community upon him. (Socrates) – Karen Essex
- To create a community where faith matters not just in theory but in reality, faith has to be a public value, not just a private one. – Donna Freitas
- CEOs should be measured by the value they create into the community, the shareholders and the members of the company. – Miguel Reynolds Brandao
- The GR site has acquired its market value through the work of its community. – GR Reader
- Every impression ever made on a person from newborn babyhood onwards will contribute to the shape and texture of the imagination. – Lesley Glaister
- There was no one alive who did not contribute his share of mystery to the world. – Kevin Brockmeier
- We must desire to see people rising in life, rather than looking for ways to contribute to their fall. – Bamigboye Olurotimi
- ⤠We must all find the spirit to try and help better humanity! We all have it inside us to contribute something to the cause of humanity! – Timothy Pina
- Always think about how you can contribute and never think of how you can receive a contribution. – Debasish Mridha
- When you forgive, you are freed from some of the feelings of disapproval and it can contribute to lessening your negative thoughts. – Stephen Richards
- Have the courage to contribute imperfectly and authentically in a world that is quick to criticize. – Silvica Rosca
- By and large, the poor do not want some small life. They don’t want to game the system or eke out an existence; they want to thrive and contribute. – Matthew Desmond
- Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against. – DaShanne Stokes
- I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen,And accrue what I hear into myself…and let sound contribute toward me. – Walt Whitman
- Every person has the choice to contribute to or drain from this world. – Leta B
- The forms of manners which should be scrupulously observed are, invariably, those which contribute to the comfort, or dignity of others. – Josephine Ross
- I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for what I and they contribute. – Gail Blanke
- Will there be people who will have the conscience to contribute to the country by changing themselves first? That is the need of the moment. – Nilantha Ilangamuwa
- The seventh gift is Talent. May you discover your own special abilities and contribute them toward a better world. – Charlene Costanzo
- Humor and joy contribute to my total well-being. – Louise L Hay
- We are all here to contribute our gifts toward something greater than ourselves, and will never be content unless we are. – Charles Eisenstein