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Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the read more
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to live, make haste to be kind.
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater read more
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. We must find each other.
Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people read more
Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.
Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one read more
Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides.
A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as read more
A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.
We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than read more
We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service relationship to humanity.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working read more
There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that read more
I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.