The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say.

Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice
charity.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice
charity.

That in our proper motion we ascend
Up to our native seat; descent and fall
To give read more

That in our proper motion we ascend
Up to our native seat; descent and fall
To give us is adverse.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

To look up and not down,
To look forward and not back,
To look out and not read more

To look up and not down,
To look forward and not back,
To look out and not in--and
To lend a hand.