Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Try Going to Bed with a Mosquito

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- Buddha

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
- Oscar Wilde

It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Kahlil Gibran

If you think you're too small to have an impact,
Try going to bed with a mosquito.
- Anita Roddick

Do your little bit of good where you are;
It's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

We make a living by what we get,
But we make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill

Be the change you want to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

He who wished to secure the good of others,
Has already secured his own.
- Confucius

Where there is charity and wisdom,
There is neither fear nor ignorance.
- St. Francis of Assisi

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.
- Moliere

If you haven't any charity in your heart,
You have the worst kind of heart trouble.
- Bob Hope

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.
- Proverb

Charity sees the need, not the cause.
- German Proverb

May your charity increase as much as your wealth.
- Proverb

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
- Victor Hugo

The work of volunteers impacts on all our lives,
Even if we are not aware of it.
- Anthony Worrall-Thompson

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
- Plato

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.
- Mrs. Lydia Maria Child

We cannot do great things on this Earth,
Only small things with great love.
- Mother Teresa

Happiness is not something ready made.
It comes from your own actions.
- Dalai Lama

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
- Mitch Albom

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