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«What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.»
Author: Albert Pike
(Journalist, Lawyer, Soldier)
| About:
Altruism,
Generosity
| Keywords:
done for, immortal
«What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.»
«When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That?s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they?re talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.»
Author: Bill Maher
(Actor, Comedian, Producer, Writer)
| About:
Generosity,
Kindness,
Tolerance,
Values
«We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.»
«To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.»
Author: Margaret Thatcher
(Politician, Prime Minister)
| About:
Generosity
| Keywords:
functions, sleeve, wear
«We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap»
Author: Mignon McLaughlin
(Author, Journalist)
| About:
Generosity,
Reputation
| Keywords:
buy it, cheap, generosity
«To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Generosity,
Kindness,
Life,
Success
| Keywords:
affection, All My Children, and the, better, better known, Better Than Life, breathed, breathe in, breathe out, breathing in, breathing out, children, easier, even, Good Living, has, intelligent, intelligent life, in some respects, in that respect, know, laugh, Laugh In, leave, leave out, left most, lived, much, often, One Life to Live, One World, on leave, other places, people, place, respect, succeeded, take leave, the world, this, This Is, This is the Place, win, win over, world
«To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.»
«We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.»
Author: Mother Teresa of Calcutta
(Founder, Missionary)
| About:
Generosity,
Participation
| Keywords:
drop, drop in, Just a, missing, ocean
«We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| About:
Generosity,
Life,
Living
| Keywords:
living
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