“Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.”

Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.

It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.

Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.

The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.

You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.

See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.

Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.

Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”

There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world – no matter how large or small our circle of influence.

When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.

You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!

I think it is the responsibility of anyone involved in politics to always think of what Japan can do to contribute more to the peace and stability not just of Japan and the region but of the entire world.

Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.

It is the responsibility of anyone involved in politics to always think of what Japan can do to contribute more to the peace and stability

When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.

There are always various issues in the world, but Japan will contribute to solving them under the banner of proactive pacifism.

As much as I would love to contribute to the population growth of this town by way of teen pregnancies I must decline.

Everyone has to contribute, or they become laborers.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.