Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
“When you believe that you are not worthwhile in and of yourself, in the back of your mind you also begin to believe that life is not worthwhile in and of itself. It is only worthwhile insofar as it relates to your crusade. It is a kamikaze mission.”
Source: Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
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Najib Razak (1953) Malaysian politician
Quoted on Malaysia Kini (February 16, 2016), "Dr M: No surrender in battle against Najib" http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/330557
“You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.”
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) British comic actor and filmmaker
Lyrics to "Smile", written by John Turner and Geoffrey Claremont Parsons in 1954, the music of which was composed by Chaplin in 1936. - "Smile" music, as used in Modern Times (1936) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps6ck1ejoAw - "Smile" tribute to Chaplin, as sung by Michael Jackson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu-rLA4POkI <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Context: Smile though your heart is aching<br>Smile even though its breaking<br>When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by<br>If you smile with your fear and sorrow<br>Smile and maybe tomorrow<br>You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just<br>Light up your face with gladness<br>Hide every trace of sadness<br>Although a tear may be ever so near<br>That's the time you must keep on trying<br>Smile, what's the use of crying?<br>You'll find that life is still worthwhile.
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
In answer to a question asked by the editors of Youth, a journal of Young Israel of Williamsburg, NY. Quoted in the New York Times, June 20, 1932, pg. 17 http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40617F83B5A13738DDDA90A94DE405B828FF1D3 <br class="br">Unsourced variant: Only a life in the service of others is worth living. <br class="br">1930s <br class="br">Variant: I believe in one thing—that only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
Stewart O'Nan (1961) American writer
Source: The Odds: A Love Story
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Edward Teller (1908–2003) Hungarian-American nuclear physicist
As quoted in The Martians of Science : Five Physicists Who Changed the Twentieth Century (2006) by István Hargittai, p. 251
Edmund Clerihew Bentley book Trent's Own Case
Source: Trent's Own Case (1936), Chapter XV: "Eunice Makes a Clean Breast of It"
