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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. -Kahlil Gibran.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. -Kahlil Gibran.
 Ay, gentle Thurio, for you know that love
 Wilt creep in service where it cannot go.  
 Ay, gentle Thurio, for you know that love
 Wilt creep in service where it cannot go. 
He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.
He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.
 I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
 [Lat., Domini pudet non servitutis.]  
 I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
 [Lat., Domini pudet non servitutis.] 
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy.
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy.
Some people choose not to donate their services because they believe that it somehow devalues them by "giving them away." read more
Some people choose not to donate their services because they believe that it somehow devalues them by "giving them away." In truth, there is nothing that demonstrates the value of your skills more than putting them to good use for a cause you believe in.
The fragrance always remains on the hand that gives the rose. -Gandhi.
The fragrance always remains on the hand that gives the rose. -Gandhi.
 We cannot all be masters, nor all masters
 Cannot be truly followed.  
 We cannot all be masters, nor all masters
 Cannot be truly followed. 
 O Cromwell, Cromwell,
 Had I but served my God with half the zeal
  I served my king, read more 
 O Cromwell, Cromwell,
 Had I but served my God with half the zeal
  I served my king, he would not in mine age
   Have left me naked to mine enemies.