Daily Quote Archives

“Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.”

“I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.”

“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”

“Every advance in this half-century--Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another--came with the support and leadership of American Labor”

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”

“Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.”

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ... but are felt in the heart.”

“It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than it is to earn it in the first place.”

“We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give”

“Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong”

“Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but yourself.”

“What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”

“The only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a wide tolerance, a sincere respect for opinions that are not ours.”

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

“The charities of life are scattered everywhere, enameling the vales of human beings as the flowers paint the meadows. They are not the fruit of study, nor the privilege of refinement, but a natural instinct.”

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.”

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”

“From what we get we can make a living.
What we give, however, makes a life.”

“Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away”

“Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time.”

“Give what you have. To someone it may be better than you dare to think”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.”