I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something. Harry Chapin More Quotes by Harry Chapin More Quotes From Harry Chapin Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people. Harry Chapin helping-othersrelationshiplife And the wind will whip your tousled hair, The sun, the rain, the sweet despair, Great tales of love and strife. And somewhere on your path to glory You will write your story of a life. Harry Chapin rainwritingsweet To know is to care, to care is to act, to act is to make a difference. Harry Chapin making-a-differencedifferencescare No straight lines make up my life; And all my roads have bends; There's no clear-cut beginnings; And so far no dead-ends. Harry Chapin dead-endslinescutting We all have the potential to move the world, and the world is ready to be moved. Harry Chapin readyworldmoving Good tired, ironically enough, can be a day that you lost. But you won’t even have to tell yourself, because you knew you fought your battles, you chased your dreams, you lived your days. And when you hit the hay at night, you settle easy, you sleep the sleep of the just, and you can say, “Take me away. Harry Chapin tireddreamsleep Be involved with the people with the live hearts, the live eyes, who are committed to something. Harry Chapin eyeheartpeople I believe that success brings responsibility. It also does not bring immunity to the consequences of our quickening march towards oblivion. The bottom line is that all of us should be invovled in our own futures to create a world that our children will want to live in. Harry Chapin successbelievechildren If a man tried to take his time on earth and prove before he died, what one man's life could be worth, well I wonder what would happen to this world? Harry Chapin time-on-earthmenworld I want the fact that I existed to mean something. Harry Chapin wantmeanfacts Strum your guitar sing it kid Just write about your feelings not the things you never did Inexperience, it once had cursed me But your youth is no handicap it's what makes you thirsty Harry Chapin guitarwritingkids If we can muster up that degree of commitment and get away from the uniquely American perception that if something can't be done immediately it isn't worth doing, then I think the Hunger Movement, this small but growing minority of us, can have a truly significant impact. Harry Chapin impactcommitmentthinking When in doubt, do something. Harry Chapin live-lifecompassiondoubt All of us should be involved in our own futures to create a world that our children will want to live in. Harry Chapin futurechildrenworld And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon, Little boy blue and the man in the moon. "When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when, But we'll get together then. You know we'll have a good time then. Harry Chapin dadcathome I finally like myself, at last I like myself. Harry Chapin lasts I'd rather make a mistake than do nothing. Harry Chapin mistake That's when I asked her where was that actress She said "That was somebody else" And then I asked her why she looked so happy now She said "I finally like myself, at last I like myself. Harry Chapin actresseslastssaid What is needed is a marriage of two impulses, a coupling of the urge to do something positive with the willingness to constantly re-evaluate how effectively our actions lead to our goal - that of ending world hunger. Harry Chapin goaltwoworld If you try to look But you don't touch Then you won't touch But you'll never feel And if you don't feel You'll never cry And if you don't cry Then you'll never heal. Harry Chapin crytryinglooks
