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“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.”
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT“Our attitude towards what has happened to us in life is the important thing to recognize. Once hopeless, my life is now hope-full, but it did not happen overnight. The last of human freedoms, to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, is to choose one's own way.”
VIKTOR FRANKL“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”
STORM JAMESON“Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always strangers to other people.”
BILL MOYERS“The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark. ”
BARBARA HALL“A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.”
FRANK CAPRA“The only way you can truly control how you are seen is being honest all the time.”
TOM HANKS“A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. ”
UNKNOWN“Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.”
JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE“How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.”
CHARLES DARWIN“How can we expect our children to know and experience the joy of giving unless we teach them that the greater pleasure in life lies in the art of giving rather than receiving.”
JAMES CASH PENNEY“Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
CHARLES DICKENS“There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love. [from Don Juan DeMarco (1994)]”
JOHNNY DEPP“There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.”
BERNARD MELTZER“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.”
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE“One word or a pleasing smile is often enough to raise up a saddened and wounded soul.”
THERESE OF LISIEUX“Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again. ”
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD“Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible.”
CHARLES DICKENS“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. ”
MICHELANGELO“Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.”
MAX L. FORMAN“As you put into practice the qualities of patience, punctuality, sincerity, and solicitude, you will have a better opinion of the world around you.”
GRENVILLE KLEISER“Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart - a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water - I accept with joy.”
BHAGAVAD GITA“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.”
CLAY P. BEDFORD“This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE“Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality.”
HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL“Among the qualities of mind and heart which conduce to worldly success, there is one, the importance of which is more real, and which is generally underrated in our day...It is courtesy.”
HERBERT SCHIFFER“Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold. ”
JUDITH OLNEY“None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.”
RALPH WALDO EMERSON“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE“Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have.”
TOM KRAUSE“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”
LAOZI“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.”
BARBARA KINGSOLVER