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Category Archives: giving
The best way of fulfilling your own interest is to take care of others.
The best way of fulfilling your own interest is to take care of others. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? I suppose this quote depends on how you define your own interests. Yes, there are things in which you are … Continue reading
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Tagged @DalaiLama, best, care, Dalai Lama, interest
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When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. – Maya Angelou What does that mean? This is a great quote. It’s about being cheerful in giving, and how that cheerfulness brings blessings. It’s also about accepting with a grateful heart, … Continue reading
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Tagged @JamesRobert_, @tonyrobbins, blessed, cheerfully, gratefully, Maya Angelou
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It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.
It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me. – Franz Liszt What does that mean? This is a great quote, one that inspires us to leave … Continue reading
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Tagged @PianoLessonGirl, ambition, Franz Liszt, useful, wish
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Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I’ve ever thought I’d have.
Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I’ve ever thought I’d have. – Ernie Banks What does that mean? The quote starts by declaring loyalty and friendship as being the same. Consider that … Continue reading
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Tagged @ChennaiSocial, Ernie Banks, friendship, loyalty, wealth
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More important than being loved is to love.
More important than being loved is to love. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? Loving, or the act of giving love away to another, is a very powerful force. Receiving love is also powerful, but it relies on others to act … Continue reading
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If you serve others as fully as you can, what you do will be a source of inner joy.
If you serve others as fully as you can, what you do will be a source of inner joy. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? This is a fairly straight forward quote. It urges us to take some time and help … Continue reading
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Warm-heartedness reinforces our self-confidence – giving us not a blind confidence, but a sense of confidence based on reason.
Warm-heartedness reinforces our self-confidence – giving us not a blind confidence, but a sense of confidence based on reason.– Dalai Lama What does that mean? Warm-heartedness, to me, is a form of self-confidence. It is a statement of having a trust … Continue reading
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Tagged @DalaiLama, confidence, Dalai Lama, giving, warm
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The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain What does that mean? This is another misattributed quote. I try to be extra cautious when dealing with quotes attributed to Mark Twain, as … Continue reading
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Tagged @AR_Foundation, best, cheer, Mark Twain, somebody
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If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. – Bob Hope What does that mean? To me, this is a quote about the condition of your heart. Not the actual physical condition … Continue reading
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Tagged @White_Roses10, Bob Hope, charity, heart, worst
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson What does that mean? This is an interesting quote due to the metaphor it uses. Happiness as a potion, a liquid … Continue reading
Posted in caring, chocolate, compassion, giving, happiness, kindness
Tagged @AR_Foundation, happiness, others, Ralph Waldo Emerson, yourself
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An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.
An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. – Maurice Maeterlinck What does that mean? This quote says what I believe is … Continue reading
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Tagged @AR_Foundation, goodness, happiness, Maurice Maeterlinck, reward
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. – Italian Proverb What does that mean? In the literal sense, it means that when you’re done playing chess, all the pieces go back in the same … Continue reading
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Tagged @proverbs4you, game, Italian Proverb, king, pawn
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The human capacity to care for others isn’t something trivial or something to be taken for granted. Rather it is something we should cherish.
The human capacity to care for others isn’t something trivial or something to be taken for granted. Rather it is something we should cherish. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? This quote is about the gentle side of human nature. It … Continue reading
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Tagged @DalaiLama, care, Dalai Lama, human, others
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If the work is worthwhile, then whether we can complete it or not, it’s worth making the attempt. That’s why courage is important.
If the work is worthwhile, then whether we can complete it or not, it’s worth making the attempt. That’s why courage is important. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? World peace. The end of Hunger. The Cure for All Diseases. Noble … Continue reading
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Tagged @DalaiLama, complete, Dalai Lama, work, worthwhile
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It is because of my wish to be helpful that I share my ideas and experiences; being helpful to even one person is valuable
It is because of my wish to be helpful that I share my ideas and experiences; being helpful to even one person is valuable. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? This was a great quote for me, as it explains, … Continue reading
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Tagged @DalaiLama, Dalai Lama, experience, help, wish
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