SERVICE

Be silent as to Services you render;
But speak of favors you have received ……Seneca

Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction,
than any other venture of life. ……..Carrie Chapman Catt

Service is the rent you pay for room on this earth. …….Shirley Chisholm

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. ……Dalai Lama

Every human being feels pleasure in doing good to another. ………Thomas Jefferson

Life's most persistent and urgent question is,
What are you doing for others? ……Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is no greater calling than to Serve your Brother.
And, no greater satisfaction than to have done it well. ……. Walter Reuther

COMFORT

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they Comfort me. …….Psalms 23:4

The lust for Comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest,
and then becomes a host, and then a master. …..Kahlil Gibran

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us. ……Oscar Wilde

For in a dearth of Comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least. …….Sir Winston D’Avenant

Comfort, like the golden sun,
Dispels the sullen shade with her sweet influence,And cheers the melancholy house of care. …….Nicholas Rowe

Comfort and prosperity has never enriched the world,
As much as adversity has. ……Billy Graham

A scholar who cherishes the love of Comfort,
Is not fit to be deemed a scholar ……Lao Tzu

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. ……Aesop

The superior man thinks always of virtue;
the common man thinks of Comfort. ……...Confucius

Cure sometimes, treat often, Comfort always. ……… Hippocrates

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion,
without the discomfort of thought. ……. John F. Kennedy

Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion,
but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. …….Gilbert Murray

Consider any individual at any period of his life,
and you will always find him preoccupied,
with fresh plans to increase his Comfort. ……. Alexis de Tocqueville

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and Comfort;
- the opening; terror. ……. Andy Rooney

There's no comfort in the truth;
Pain is all you'll find. ……..George Michael

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom,
will soon lose its freedom;
and, the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too. ….W. Somerset Maugham

COMPLAIN

Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns,
be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ………Proverb

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. …..Samuel Johnson

You can overcome anything if you don't Complain. …….Bernard M. Baruch

Complainers may change their complaints,
but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. …….Mason Cooley

People that pay for things never complain.
It's the guy you give something to that you can't please. …….Will Rogers

People won't have time for you if you are always complaining. …..Stephen Hawkings

The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business. ….Zig Zigler

Had we not faults of our own,
We should take less pleasure in Complaining of others. …….Francois Fenelon


I had no shoes and Complained, until I met a man who had no feet. ……Indian Proverb

Constant Complaint is the poorest sort of pay;
For all the comforts we enjoy. …….Benjamin Franklin

The man who Complains about the way the ball bounced,
Is likely the one who dropped it. ……Lou Holtz

When people Complain of life,
It is almost always because they ask for impossible things. ……..Ernest Renan

Complaining is like arrows shot into the air without a target;
They only fall back upon our heads and destroy us. ……Sir William Temple

This life is not for Complaint, but for satisfaction. ……Henry David Thoreau

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, Complaining;
You make progress by implementing ideas. ……..Shirley Chisholm

COMPASSION

The due of Compassion is a tear. ……..Lord Byron

Compassion brings us to a stop,
and for a moment we rise above ourselves. …….Mason Cooley

I truly believe that Compassion provides the basis of human survival. ……Dalai Lama


The path to guidance is one of Love and Compassion. The Báb, ( Siyyid Alí Muhammad)

It is a man’s sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man;
Until he extends his Compassion to all living things, he himself will not find peace.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. …….Henry Ward Beecher

Have Compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike;
each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little. ........Buddha

Compassion is not weakness;
and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism. ………Hubert H. Humphrey

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic,
between good and evil proceeding within us. ………Eric Hoffer

The strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use. …..Ricky Williams

It is much easier to show compassion to animals.
They are never wicked. ……..Haile Selassie

The whole idea of Compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence
of all these living beings;
which are all part of one another and all involved in one another. ……Thomas Merton

It takes a true believer to be Compassionate;
No greater burden can be borne by an individual
than to know no one cares or understands. …..Arthur Stainbach

By Compassion we make others’ misery, our own;
And so by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also. ……Thomas Brown, Sr.

PARADOX

Only one thing is certain; That is, nothing is certain.
If this statement is true, It is also false. ……Ancient Paradox

I have found this Paradox;
that if you love until it hurts,
there will be no more hurt, only more love. ……Mother Teresa

Life is a Paradox;
You’re damned if you do, and damned if you don’t ……Nancy Cartwright.

It is a Paradox that every dictator has climbed to power;
on the ladder of free speech. …..Herbert Hoover.

The most tragic Paradox of our time is to be found in the failure
of nations to recognize the imperatives of internationalism. ……Earl Warren

Man is in fact nailed down, like Christ on the Cross,
to a grid of Paradoxes. …..Vaclav Havel

The Paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling,
as the one which exists only in the mind's eye. …..Shana Alexander

The place which may seem like the end,
may also be the beginning. …….Ivy Baker Priest

CONFUSION

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece! …….. William Shakespeare

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood. ….Henry Miller

In the theater of Confusion, knowing the location of the exits is what counts. …..Mason Cooley

A perfection of means, and Confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. ……..Albert Einstein

Chaos is a name for any order that produces Confusion in our minds. ……….. George Santayana

If you can’t convince them, Confuse them. ………Harry S Truman

If you’re not Confused, you’re not paying attention. …….Tom Peters

Sometimes in our Confusion we see the world as it is;
But the world through eyes blurred by the mind. …….Author Unknown

MORALS

A system of Morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, …..Socrates

Morality without a sense of paradox is mean. ……Friedrich Von Schlegel

The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and Morality. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

What we call "Morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command. …..Havelock Ellis

We have two kinds of Morality side by side:
One which we preach but do not practice,
and another which we practice but seldom preach. …….Bertrand Russell

Do not do an immoral thing for Moral reasons. …….Thomas Hardy,

Force always attracts men of low Morality. …….Albert Einstein

To set up as a standard public Morality, a notion which can neither defined or
Conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. ……Simone Weil

Only Morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life. ……Albert Einstein

Learn to distinguish between errors of knowledge, and breaches of Morality. ……Ann Rand

Money, not Morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations. ……Thomas Jefferson

The test of the Morality of a society is how it treats its children. ……Dietrich Bonhoffer

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt to persons whom we personally dislike. …..Oscar Wilde

The most important human endeavor is the striving for Morality in our actions.
Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. …….Charles Dickens.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men. ……George Patton

So far, about Morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after
and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. …….Ernest Hemingway

ASKING

Do not Ask for what you will wish you had not got. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Ask me not what I have, but what I am. ……Heinrich Heine

Ask not what your country can do for you,
ask what you can do for your country. …….John F. Kennedy

As long as men are free to Ask what they must,
free to say what they think, free to think what they will,
freedom can never be lost and science can never regress. ……Marcel Proust

It is not fair to Ask of others,
what you are not willing to do yourself. ……Eleanor Roosevelt

You don't always get what you Ask for,
but you never get what you don't Ask for;
... unless it's contagious! …….Beverly Sills

Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful,
and neglected secret to success and happiness. ……..Percy Ross

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done
to prevent the situation?
If the answer is yes, do something now and become
a better person for it. ……Dave Pelzer

UNITY

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren
to dwell together in Unity. …….Psalms. 133:1

All people are a single nation. ……Holy Koran

It is in the shelter of each other that people live. …….Irish Proverb

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church.
For you and I are sons of one religion, ….and it is the Spirit. …..Kahlil Gibran

It is the spirit.
United we stand, divided we fall. …….Aesop

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family;
Not as many separate ones. …….Anwar Sadat

We must learn to live together as brothers;
Or we are going tp perish together as fools. ……. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What divides us pales in comparison to what Unites us. …….Edward M. Kennedy

COURTESY

The grace of God is Courtesy. ………Hilaire Belloc

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage ……. Theodore Roosevelt

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones
which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. …….Henry Clay

If a man be gracious and Courteous to strangers,
it shows he is a citizen of the world. …….Francis Bacon, Sr.

The measure of a truly great man,
Is the Courtesy with which he treats lesser men. …….Author Unknown

There is no outward sign of true Courtesy,
that does not rest on a deep moral foundation. …….. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life is not so short but that there is always time for Courtesy. ……..Ralph Waldo Emerson

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship,
and he who plants kindness gathers love …….Proverb

When Courtesy is better understood and appreciated, there will be no war. ……..Confucius

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of Courtesy …….Jacques Maritain

There can be no defense like elaborate Courtesy. ...... E. V. Lucas.

Courtesy is a silver lining;
around the dark clouds of civilization; …….Bryant H. McGill

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones,
Which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciative heart. …….Henry Clay

Courtesy should be a continuous action,
not something to be turned on and off like a faucet. ……Author Unknown

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. …….Honore De Balzac

To be humble to superiors is duty;
To equals, Courtesy to inferiors; nobleness. …….Benjamin Franklin

PEOPLE

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. …..James A. Baldwin

People who ask confidently get more
than those who are hesitant and uncertain ……..Jack Canfield

Most people struggle with life balance simply because
they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them …..Stephen Covey

People should be encouraged to be committed to a project,
rather than just be involved in it. …..Richard Pratt

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing.
That's why we recommend it daily. ….Zig Ziglar

Most People have a harder time letting themselves love;
Than finding someone to love them. ……..Bill Russell

People love others not for who they are;
How they make them feel. …….Irwin Fedderman

The world is a dangerous place, not because of the People who are evil;
But because of the People who don’t do anything about it. ……Albert Einstein

People who need people are the luckiest people in the world. ……Song by Barbra Streisand

People only see what they are prepared to see. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised
when the bread they have cast on the waters, comes floating back to them, poisoned.
……..James A. Baldwin
It is a curious fact that People are never so trivial;
As when they take themselves seriously. ……..Oscar Wilde

Most great People have attained their greatest success,
Just one step beyond their greatest failure. ……..Napoleon Hill

I have learnt that People will forget what you said or what you think;
But People will never forget how you made them feel. ……Maya Angelou

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want;
That’s why they don’t get what they want. ……. Madonna

LAUGHTER

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Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. …..Red Skelton

Carry Laughter with you wherever you go. …….Hugh Sidey

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. ……. Arnold Glasow

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. …….Victor Borge

Nothing shows a man's character more
than what he Laughs at. ….Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who Laughs;
He alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent Laughter. ……..Friedrich Nietzsche

The person who knows how to Laugh at himself;
will never cease to be amused. …….. Shirley MacLaine

The human race has only one really effective weapon,
and that is Laughter. ……… Mark Twain

OUTLOOK

Life; it tends to respond to our Outlook.
to shape itself to meet our expectation. ……Richard M. DeVos

To curb this sense of envy and jealousy.
We must develop a broader Outlook. ……Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Two men look out the same prison bars;
one sees mud and the other stars. ……Frederick Langbridge

Your Outlook upon life are largely colored by your environment.
Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings;
By the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
……..Orison Swett Marden

The rapprochement of peoples is only possible
when differences of Outlook are respected and appreciated,
rather than feared and condemned. ……H. William Fullbright

Tough times never last, but tough people do. ……. Dr. Robert Schuller

SMILE

Let us always meet each other with a Smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ……Mother Teresa

The robbed that Smiles, steals something from the thief. ……William Shakespeare

Today, give a stranger one of your Smiles.
It might be the only sunshine he sees all day ……H. Jackson Brown Jr

People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big Smile. ……..Lee Mildon

The world always looks brighter from behind a Smile. ……Author Unknown

It takes seventeen muscles to Smile and forty-three to frown. …Author Unknown

A smile is the universal welcome. ……Max Eastman

Wear a Smile and have friends; Wear a scowl and have wrinkles. …….George Eliot

We shall never know all the good,
that a simple Smile can do. ......Mother Teresa

A Smile is something you can't give away;
it always comes back to you. …….Author Unknown

A warm Smile is the universal language of kindness. ……William Arthur Ward

A Smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. ……Charles Gordy

A Smile is the light in the window of your face;
That tells people you're at home. …….. Author Unknown

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness;
making everything in its vicinity freshen into Smiles. …….. Washington Irving

A Smile is the key that fits the lock of everybody’s heart. ……Anthony J. D’Angelo

If you have only one Smile in you, give it to the people you love.
Don't be surly at home,
then go out in the street and startgrinning "Good morning" at total strangers. …….Maya Angelou

GROWING OLD

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years. ……. Abraham Lincoln

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. …….Chili Davis

You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. …….John P. Grier

Age is an issue of mind over matter.
If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. ……. Mark Twain

Inside every older person is a younger person;
- Wondering what happened. ….. Jennifer Yane

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized,
for a crime you have not committed. …….Anthony Powell

You are never too old to set another goal;
or to dream a new dream. ……..Les Brown

To know how to grow old is the master-work of wisdom,
and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. ………Henri Amiel

CONSCIENCE

I feel within me a peace, above all earthly dignities;
A still and quiet Conscience. ……William Shakespeare

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good. ……Author Unknown

Conscience is, in most, an anticipation of the opinion of others. Henry Taylor

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear Conscience. ….Doug Larson

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. …H. L. Mencken

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body. …..Jean Jacques Rousseau

A good Conscience fears no witness;
A guilty Conscience is solicitous, even in solitude. …….Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Labor to keep alive in your breast,
that little spark of celestial fire called Conscience …… George Washington

Never do anything against Conscience;
even if the state demands it.

GENEROSITY

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To Generous souls every task is noble. …….. Euripides
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do;
But it is giving me that which you need more than I do. …..Khalil Gibran

The poor don’t know that their function in life,
Is to exercise our Generosity. …..Jean-Paul Satre

No one is so Generous as he who has nothing to give. ……French Proverb

The returns we reap from Generous actions
Is not always evident. …..Francesco Guicciardini

Real Generosity toward the future,
lies in giving all to the present. ……Albert Camus

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death;
one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence,
the other from pride or fear. ……Horace Mann

Real Generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. ……..Frank A. Clark

HELP

God strives to Help him who helps himself. …..Aeschylus

Two things a man should never be angry at;
That which he can Help, and that which he cannot. ........Thomas Fuller

You cannot teach a man anything.
You can only Help him to find it for himself. ....... Galileo Galilei

Help a man against his will;
and you do the same as murder him. ……Horace

Great opportunities to Help others seldom come;
But small ones surround us every day. …… Sally Koch

If you can’t Help a hundred people, then help just one. …..Mother Teresa

I have always said that the more successful you are,
The more responsibility you have for Helping others. …..Carlos Slim Helou

Never look down on somebody;
Unless you are helping him up. ……Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.

None of us has gotten where we are by pulling ourselves
Up with our bootstraps;
We got here because somebody bent down and Helped us. ……Justice Thurgood Marshall

There is no better exercise for your heart,
Than reaching down and Helping to lift someone up. ……Bernard Meltzer

ADVICE

Nobody can give you wiser Advice than yourself. ……Cicero

We give advice by the bucket,but take it by the grain. ……..William R. Alger

Giving advice to a stupid man; is like giving salt to a squirrel. …….Kashmiri Proverb

No one wants Advice;Only corroboration. …….John Steinbeck

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer;
-but wish we didn't. ……..Erica Jong

The best way to succeed in life,
Is to act on the Advice we give to others. …….Author Unknown

The true secret of giving Advice is, after you have honestly given it,
to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not;
-and never persist in trying to set people right. ……….Hannah Whitall Smith

In giving Advice seek to help, not to please, your friend. ………Solon

Advice is judged by results, not by intentions. ……Cicero

The only thing to do with good Advice is pass it on.
It is never any use to oneself. ……Oscar Wilde

To accept good Advice is but to increase one’s ability. …….Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Never trust the Advice of a man in difficulties. …….Aesop

Never take Advice from someone,
Who has not had your kind of trouble. ……Sidney J. Harris

Ask advice only from equals …….Danish Proverb

Many receive Advice, but few profit from it. …….Publilius Syrus

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon,
And the deeper it sinks into the mind. …..Samuel Taylor Cooleridge

GUILT

Suspicion always haunts the Guilty mind;
the thief doth fear each bush, an officer. ………William Shakespeare

Guilt is to danger, as fire is to gunpowder;
A man need not fear to walk into barrels of gunpowder, if he has no fire about him.
……John Flavel
Guilt is regret for what we have done,
Regret is guilt for what we didn’t do. ……Author Unknown

One who condones evils is just as Guilty,as the one who perpetrates it. ……..Martin Luther King, Jr.

In a free society, some are Guilty;
But all are responsible. …….Abraham Joshua Hershel

The Guilty one is not he who commits the sin;
But the one who causes the darkness. …….Victor Hugo

Nothing is more wretched to the mind of a man conscious of Guilt. …….PLautus

It is better that ten Guilty persons escape;
Than one innocent suffer. …..Sir William Blackstone

MISERY

For fate has wove the thread of life with pain,
And twins even from the birth are Misery and Man! …… Homer (Odyssey)

Misery makes sport to mock itself. …..William Shakespeare

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us
can do a little to bring some portion of Misery to an end. …..Albert Schweitzer

If Misery loves company, misery has company enough …..Henry David Thoreau

Extreme hopes are born from extreme Misery. …..Bertrand Russell

In separateness lies the world’s great Misery;
In compassion lies the world’s true strength. …..Buddha

Maybe men are separated from each other
only by the degree of their Misery. …… Francis Picabia

The only comfort of the Miserable;
Is to have partners in their woes. …….Miguel de Cervantes

BEGINNING

From small Beginnings often come great things. ……. Proverb

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy,
and great things, in that which is small. …….Lao-Tzu
Almost everything comes from nothing. ……. Henry F. Amiel

The Beginnings of all things are small. …….. Cicero

A little spark can kindle a great fire. ……Syrian Proverb

“I can't do it" never accomplished anything;
"I will try" has performed miracles. ……George P. Burnham

The man who removes a mountain,
Begins by carrying away small stones. …….Chinese proverb

Start by doing what's necessary;
then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible. …….St. Francis of Assisi

Small opportunities are often the Beginning of great enterprises. …..Demosthenes

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain;
again begin this, and thou wilt have finished ……. Marcus Aurelius(Ausonius)

Winning starts with Beginning. ……Robert Schuller

More powerful than the will to win is the courage to Begin. …..Author Unknown

The Beginning is the most important part of the work. ……Plato

He has half the deed done who has made a Beginning. …….Horace

In every phenomenon the Beginning
remains always the most notable moment. …….Thomas Carlyle

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end;
but rather fear that it shall never have a Beginning. ……. John Henry Cardinal

Whatever you do, or dream you can, Begin it.
Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. …….. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start,
anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. ……. Carl Bard

When there is a start to be made,
Don't step over, Start where you are. ……Edgar Cayce

This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.
But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. ……Winston Churchill

The distance is nothing; it's only the first step that is difficult. ……Marquise du Deffand

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
That will be the beginning. …… Louis L'Amour

The only joy in the world is to Begin. …… Cesare Pavese

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end,
may also be only the Beginning. …….Ivy Baker Priest

You don't have to be great to Begin;
but you have to Begin to be great. ……Joe Sabah

Everyone who got where he is,
had to Begin where he was. ……Robert Louis Stevenson

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life,
which are the real ones after all . ……Laura Ingalls Wilder

The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings …….Dave Weinbaum

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness. …….Publilius Syrus

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small,
for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed
germinates and roots itself. ……Florence Nightingale

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
-That will be the beginning. ……Louis L'Amour

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which,
more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome. …… William James

The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette. ……Henry S. Hoskins

CARING

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

The greatness of a Society can be judged
by the way it Cares for it’s weakest members. ……..Mohandas Gandhi

I feel the capacity to Care is the thing
which gives life, its deepest significance. …Pablo Casals

The Care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction;
Is the first and only legitimate object of good government. ……Thomas Jefferson

Caring for others is the basis of worldly success. …..Sakyong Mipham

No one Cares how much you know;
Until they know how much you Care. ……Author nunknown

Caring is a reflex. Someone slips, your arm goes out.
A car is in the ditch, you join the others and push;
...You live, you help. ……Baba Ram Dass

The simple act of Caring is heroic. …….. Edward Albert

From caring comes courage. ……… Lao Tzu

We have lost the art of Sharing and Caring. …….Hun Sen

Never believe that a few Caring people can't change the world.
For indeed, that's all who ever have. ……..Margaret Mead

Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have.
Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy. ………John Hoeven
Without a sense of Caring,
there can be no sense of community. ……..Anthony J. D'Angelo

There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start Caring. ……Winston Churchill

Too often we underestimate the power of the smallest act of Caring;
Which has the potential of turning a life around. …….Leo Buscaglia

CHANCE

OUTCOME

I have learnt that how we face challenges,
plays a big role in the Outcome of them. …..Sasha Azevedo

If you accept the expectations of others,
Then you can never change the Outcome. ….Michael Jordan

Much outcry leads to little Outcome. ….Aesop

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which,
more than anything else, will determine the successful Outcome. ….William James

You can’t bank on the Outcome. ……Daniel Berrigan

We are responsible for the effort, not the Outcome. ….Author Unknown

Equality of opportunity is freedom;
But equality of Outcome is repression. …… Dick Feagler

CONVICTION

Whatever you say, say it with Conviction. ……..Mark Twain

Men never do evil so thoroughly and cheerfully
as when they do it for Religious Conviction. …….Blaise Pascal,

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. …….Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than
when they are Convinced beyond doubt that they are right. ……….Laurens van de Post

A “No” uttered with deepest Conviction is better and greater than;
A “Yes” uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. …….Mohandas Gandhi

It is the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief.
And once that belief becomes a deep Conviction, things begins to happen. …….Muhammad Ali

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted to conduct. ……Thomas Carlyle

A man’s Conviction is stronger than a flame, a bullet or a rock.
…..Robert Edwin Lee and Jerome Lawrence
(authors: “The night Thoreau spent in jail”)

POVERTY

All hard work brings a profit;
but mere talk leads only to Poverty …..Proverbs 14:23.

Having been Poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is …….Benjamin Franklin

The most terrible Poverty is Loneliness,
and the feeling of being unloved. …..Mother Teresa

Poverty sits by the cradle of all great men;
And rocks them all to manhood. ……Heinrich Heine

Poverty is the mother of crime. ……Marcus Aurelius

Poverty is the open mouthed relentless hell,
which yawns beneath civilized society;
And it is hell enough. ……Henry George

I thank fate for having made me born Poor;
Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. ……Anatole France

A Poor man is not he who is without a cent;
But he is without a dream. …..Harry Kemp

He who oppresses the Poor to increase wealth;
And he who gives gifts to the rich;
-Both will come to Poverty. Proverbs 22:16

In a well governed country, Poverty is something to be ashamed of;
In a badly governed country, Wealth is something to be ashamed of. ……Confucius

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue;
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. ……Benjamin Franklin

Anyone who has struggled with Poverty;
Knows how extremely expensive it is to be Poor. ……James A. Baldwin

Poverty is the worst kind of violence to man. Mohandas Gandhi

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity.
It is an act of justice. ……Nelson Mandela

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations.
It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict. ….Kofi Annan

It is not the man who has too little;
But the man who craves more, who is Poor. ……Seneca

KINDNESS

Kindness in words creates confidence;
Kindness in thinking creates profundity;
Kindness in giving create love. ……Lao Tzu

Kindness is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others. ….George MacDonald

You cannot do a Kindness too soon;
For you never know how soon it will be too late. …..Ralph Waldo Emerson

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. …..Chinese Proverb

Always be a little Kinder than necessary. ……James A. Barrie

Constant Kindness can accomplish much.
As the sun makes ice melts;
-Kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate. ……Albert Schweitzer

There is no such thing as a small act of Kindness;
Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. …….Scott Adams

No act of Kindness is ever wasted. ……Aesop (from “The lion and the Mouse”)

Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
but their echoes are truly endless. …..Mother Teresa

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ….Mark Twain

Wherever there is a human being,
there is an opportunity for a Kindness. ……Seneca

A Kind word is like a Spring day. ……Russian Proverb

When I was young, I admired clever people.
Now that I am old, I admire Kind people. ……Abraham Joshua Heschel

Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. ……Author Unknown

A single act of Kindness throws out roots in all directions,
and the roots spring up and make new trees. …..Amelia Erhart

My religion is very simple;
My religion is Kindness. …… Dalai Lama

One Kind word can warm three winter months. ……Japanese Proverb

Kindness is the oil that smoothes the friction of life. …….Author Unknown

The ideas that have lighted my way have been;
Kindness, Beauty and Truth. ….. Albert Einstein

The greatest work that Kindness does to others
is that it makes them Kind themselves. …..Amelia Earhart

I will be Kind to the poor, for they are alone.
Kind to the rich, for they are afraid.
And Kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me. …..Max Lucado

Kindness in words creates confidence,
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness,
Kindness in feeling creates love. …..Lao Tzu

Kindness can become its own motive.
We are made Kind by being Kind. ……Eric Hoffer.

CONCEIT

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled;
And he who humbles himself will be exalted. ……Luke 18:14

Do nothing out of Selfish Ambition or Vain Conceit,
But in humility consider others better than yourself. ….Philippians 2:3

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance;
They are but beggars who count their worth. …..William Shakespeare

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. …..Ellen Terry

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule. ….Philippine Proverb

Pride and Conceit were the original sins of man. …..Alain Rene Lesage

The would tolerates Conceit from those who are successful;
But not from anyone else. ….John Blake

When nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind,
She generally plasters it over with a thick coat of Self-Conceit.
……Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Let us not become Conceited, provoking and envying each other. …… Galatians 5:26

Conceit in weakest bodies, strongest works. ……. William Shakespeare

Every man has a right to be Conceited, until he is successful. ……..Benjamin Disraeli

To attempt to advise Conceited people is like whistling against the wind. ……Thomas Hood

A Conceited person never gets anywhere,
Because he thinks he is already there. ……Author Unknown

The overweening self-respect of Conceited men
relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all. …….Henry Ward Beecher

I never have any pity for Conceited people,
Because I think they carry their comfort about with them. …….George Eliot.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit. …… Duc de La Rochefoucauld

ARROGANCE

It is harder to be poor without murmuring;
Than to be rich without Arrogance. …….Confucius

Arrogance is the obstruction of wisdom. ….Bion of Smyrna

Arrogance invites ruin; Humility receives benefits. …..Author Unknown

When power leads man to Arrogance,
Poetry reminds him of his limitations. ……John F. Kennedy

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. …..Edmund Burke

The truest character of ignorance is Arrogance. …..Samuel Butler

Arrogance and rudeness are training wheels on the bike of life,
For weak people who can not keep their balance without them. ….Laura Teresa Marquez

Nothing in the world is more Arrogant;
Than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power. …..Baron Wessenberg.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all Arrogant presumptions. …..Friedrich Nnietzche

Timing and Arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. ……Marya Mannes

The insufferable Arrogance of human beings is to think
that Nature was made solely for their benefit. ……Cyrano de Bergerac

When men are most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken. …..David Hume

An extraordinary amount of Arrogance is present in any claim
of having been the first in inventing something. ……..Benoit Mandelbrot

It is not a sign of Arrogance for the king to rule.
That is what he is there for. …….. William F. Buckley, Jr

All too often Arrogance accompanies strength,
and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong ……Theodore Bikel

A person unlearns Arrogance when he knows he is always among worthy human beings
………. Friedrich Neitzsche

ANXIETY

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything,
By prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God.
…..Philippians 4:6

Cast all you anxiety on Him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

The act of birth is the first experience of Anxiety;
-And thus, the source and prototype of the effect of anxiety. …..Sigmund Freud


Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great Anxiety. ……Plato

Our Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow;
-but only empties today of its strength. …..Charles H. Spurgeon

Anxiety is fear of one’s self. ……Wilhelm Stekel

The components of Anxiety, stress, fear and anger;
do not exist independently of you in the world. ……Wayne Dyer

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place
in an atmosphere of Anxiety. ……Rose F. Kennedy

The best test of your memory is to try to recall
what you were Anxious about one year ago, today. ….E. Joseph Cossman

All too frequently, Anxiety crushes, not only your spirit and your potential,
But your ability to take care of your mind and body,
……Jonathan Davidson, MD and Henry Dreher
-
Anxiety is like a thin stream trickling through the mind.
If encouraged, it will cut a channel into which all other thoughts will drain.
…….Arthur Somers Roche

Nothing diminishes Anxiety faster than action. ……Walter Anderson

Anxiety occurs when we live in the future;
Just as Depression appears, when we live in the past. …..Author Unknown

You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.
……Pat Schroeder.

Every evening I turn my anxieties over to God.
He is going to be up all night anyway. …..Mary C. Crowley

ANXIETY

Do not be Anxious about anything, but in everything,
By prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God.
…..Philippians 4:6

Cast all you Anxiety on Him, because he cares for you. ……1 Peter 5:7

The act of birth is the first experience of Anxiety;
-And thus, the source and prototype of the effect of anxiety. …..Sigmund Freud


Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great Anxiety. ……Plato

Our Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow;
-but only empties today of its strength. …..Charles H. Spurgeon

Anxiety is fear of one’s self. ……Wilhelm Stekel

The components of Anxiety, stress, fear and anger;
do not exist independently of you in the world. ……Wayne Dyer

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place
in an atmosphere of Anxiety. ……Rose F. Kennedy

The best test of your memory is to try to recall
what you were Anxious about one year ago, today. ….E. Joseph Cossman

All too frequently, Anxiety crushes, not only your spirit and your potential,
But your ability to take care of your mind and body,
……Jonathan Davidson, MD and Henry Dreher
-
Anxiety is like a thin stream trickling through the mind.
If encouraged, it will cut a channel into which all other thoughts will drain.
…….Arthur Somers Roche

Nothing diminishes Anxiety faster than action. ……Walter Anderson

Anxiety occurs when we live in the future;
Just as Depression appears, when we live in the past. …..Author Unknown

You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.
……Pat Schroeder.

Every evening I turn my Anxieties over to God.
He is going to be up all night anyway. …..Mary C. Crowley

SILENCE

Silence is the true friend that never betrays. ……Confucius

Absolute Silence leads to sadness.
It is the image of death. …..Jean Jacques Rousseau

He, who does not know how to be Silent, will not know how to speak. ….Ausonius

Better to remain Silent and be thought a fool;
Than to speak out and remove all doubt. …..Abraham Lincoln

Learn to get in touch with the Silence within you. …..Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

In the attitude of Silence the soul finds the path to a clearer light,
And what is elusive and deceptive, resolves itseif into crystal clearness. …..Mohandas Gandhi

In the end, we will remember, not the words of our enemies,
But the Silence of our Friends. …..Martin Luther King Jr.

Silence is golden, when you can’t think of a good answer. ….Muhammad Ali

Yet I am not Silenced by the darkness;
By the thick darkness that covers my face. …….Job 23:17

I have often regretted my speech, never my Silence. …..Publilius Syrus

In Silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. …..Meister Eckhart

Silence is a source of great strength. …..Lao Tzu

You can hear the footsteps of God;
When Silence reigns in the mind. …..Sri Sathya Sai Baba

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness;
….We need Silence to be to touch souls. …..Mother Teresa

Silence is the hardest argument to refute. …..Josh Billing

Silence makes the real conversations between friends;
It is not the saying, but the never needing to say, is what counts. …..Margaret Lee Runback

SADNESS

Sad, are only those who understand. ….Arab Proverb

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm. ….John H. Vincent

Sadness flies away on the wings of time. …..Jean de la Fontaine

The walls we build around us to keep Sadness out,
also keep out joy. …..Jim Rohn

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. …..Khalil Gibran

Good humor is the health of the soul;
Sadness is its poison. …..Lord Chesterfield

Sadness is also a kind of defense. …..Ivo Andric

The word happiness would lose its meaning;
If it were not balanced by Sadness. …..Carl Jung

REGRET

If you are patient in one moment of anger;
You will escape a hundred days of Regret. …..Chinese Proverb

Let us not burden our remembrance with a heaviness that’s gone. ….William Shakespeare

A man is not old, until Regrets take the place of dreams. …..John Barrymore

Maybe all you can hope is to end up with the right Regrets. ….Arthur Miller

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time;
It’s the Regret for the things we did not do; that is inconsolable. …..Sidney J. Harris

You seldom experience Regret for anything you’ve done;
It is what you haven’t done that will torment you. ……Wayne Dyer

Regret is an appalling waste of energy;
You can’t build on it; It’s only good to wallow in. …..Katherine Mansfield

It is better to look ahead and prepare;
Than to look back and Regret. …..Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I have often Regretted my speech; never my silence. ………Publilius Syrus

Never regret;
If it's good, it's wonderful.
If it's bad, it's experience. ……Victoria Holt

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret.
Everything might have turned out so differently. ……Charles Dudley Warner

Make the most of your Regrets; never smother your sorrow,
but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest.
To Regret deeply, is to live afresh. ……Henry David Thoreau

Accept life, and you must accept Regret. ……Henry F. Amiel

Regrets and recriminations only hurt the soul. ……Armand Hammer

Never look back with Regret;
Rather look back and smile at what you have learned. …..Michelle C. Ustaszeski

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then Regret. …….Bob Dylan

PERFECTION

Aim at Perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. ….Lord Chesterfield

The true Perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is. …..Oscar Wilde

Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add;
But when there is nothing left to take away. ……Antoine de St. Exupery

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things;
-But in doing ordinary things, extraordinarily well. …..Angelique Arnaud

The very Perfection of man is to find out his own imperfections. …..St. Augustine

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation. …..John Updike

Perfection is a road, not a destination. …..Burk Hudson

Perfection is obtained by slow degrees;
It requires the hand of time. …..Francois Voltaire

LETTING GO

Let Go. And let God! …..Author Unknown

By Letting Go, it all gets done.
The world is won by those who let it go. ……Lao Tzu

Letting Go does not mean giving up;
But rather accepting that there are things that cannot be. ……Author Unknown

Some think that holding on makes you strong;
Sometimes it is by Letting Go! …..Sylvia Robinson

The hardest part of anything is the beginning;
-And the second hardest part is Letting Go, even when it is the end. …..E. Fritz

Creativity can be described as Letting Go of certainties. …..Ranier Maria Rilke

One does not discover new lands,
Without Letting Go of the sight of the old shores. ….Andre Guide

Wisdom is Letting Go of something every day. …..Zen Proverb

When I Let Go of what I am, I become what I might be. …..Lao Tzu

To truly love is to have the courage to Let Go;
And let the one who wishes to be free, to leave
…No matter how much it hurts. ….Author Unknown

Sometimes getting a grip on your problems;
Means knowing when to Let Go. …..Ziggy(Cartoon Character)

Freedom comes from when you learn to Let Go. …..Madonna

Letting Go is not a one time thing;
It is something you have to do over and over again. …..Oprah Winfrey

When you become good at the art of Letting sufferings go,
then you'll come to realize what you were dragging around with you.
And for that, no one else other than you was responsible.
…….Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

To hold, you must first open your hand. Let go. …..,.Lao Tzu

Just let go of the need to know. ……John Eaton

I don't let go of concepts;
I meet them with understanding.
Then they let go of me. …….Byron Katie

He may only keep that which he is willing to Let go. ……Sheldon B. Kopp

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling
of Letting go and holding on. …….Havelock Ellis

Courage is the power to Let go of the familiar. ……..Raymond Lindquist

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned,
so as to accept the life that is waiting for us. …….Joseph Campbell

Some of us think holding on makes us strong;
But sometimes it is Letting Go. ……Herman Hesse

WAR

History teaches that War begins when governments believe
the price of aggression is cheap. …….Ronald Reagan

War does not determine who is right;
- only who is left. ....…Bertrand Russell

You cannot prevent and prepare for War at the same time. …..Albert Einstein

War is a cowardly escape from the problems of Peace. ......Thomas Mann

The real and lasting victories are those of Peace, and not of War…… Ralph Waldo Emerson

If it’s natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? ….Joan Baez

Older men declare War. But it is the youth that must fight and die. ….Herbert Hoover

PROMISES

It is not the Promise that makes us believe the man,
But the man; the oath. ….Aeschylus

Promises are like babies;
-Easy to make, but hard to deliver. Author Unknown

Promises are but words; and words, but wind. ……Samuel Butler

Promises are like the full moon;
If they are not kept at once, they diminish day by day. ….German Proverb

A Promise is a cloud; Fulfillment is the rain. …..Arabian Proverb

Promise little, and do much. …Hebrew Proverb

If you wish to be a success in the world;
Promise everything, deliver nothing. …..Napoleon Bonaparte

Never Promise a poor person, and never owe a rich one. ……Brazilian Proverb

Our God has written the Promise of the resurrection,
Not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. ……Martin Luther

Never Promise more than you can perform. ….Publilius Syrus

Breach of Promise is a base surrender of truth. ……Mohandas Gandhi

Those that are most slow in making a Promise,
Are the most faithful in the performance of it. ……Jean Jacques Rousseau

God has never made a promise that was too good to be true. …..Dwight L. Moody

We Promise according to our hopes,
And perform according to our fears. …..Francois de la Rochefoucauld

He loses his thanks, who Promises and delays. ……Proverb

In the midst of joy, do not Promise anyone anything. …..Chinese Proverb

BLESSINGS

BIBLICAL SOURCES

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …..Matthew 5:3-10

It is more blessed to give, than to receive. …… Acts 20:35

Blessed shall be thy basket, and thy store. ……Deuteronomy 28:5

Blessings are upon the head of the just:
but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Proverbs 10:6

The Blessings of the Lord;
It maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow withit. Proverb 10:22

NON-BIBLICAL SOURCES

May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever on your back May the sun shine warm upon your face, and the rain fall softly on your fields, And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hands. …..Irish Blessing

Prayers go up, and Blessings come down. …..Yiddish Proverb

May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever on your back May the sun shine warm upon your face, and the rain fall softly on your fields, And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hands. …..Irish Blessing


Every burden is a Blessing. ……Walt Kelly

When I started counting my Blessings,
My whole life turned around. …..Willie Nelson

What seems to us as bitter trials, are often Blessings in disguise. ….Oscar Wilde

There is no disaster that can’t become a Blessing;
And no Blessing that can’t become a disaster. ……Richard Bach

Men are slower to recognize Blessings than evils. …..Titus Livy

We should certainly count our Blessings;
But we should also make our Blessings count. …..Neil A. Maxwell

SOCIETY

A Society’s Culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. ……Mohandas Gandhi

A Society that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. ……Dwight D. Eisenhower,

Our modern Society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned. ……..Swami Nirmalananda

The Sanity of Society is a balance of a thousand insanities. …….. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Any Society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little Security, will deserve neither and lose both …..Benjamin Franklin

Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings
than it will get in practice. ……George Orwell

Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself. ….John Haynes Holmes

We are an Entertainment Society.
We want to be entertained more than we want to think. It’s a serious problem. ………David Halberstram

NATION

It is impossible to rightly govern a Nation without God and the Bible. …..George Washington

A Nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense,
than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. …..Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Nation is ultimately judged by how it treats
it’s weakest and most vulnerable members. …..Mohandas Gandhi

A Nation never falls but by Suicide. ……Ralph Waldo Emerson

No Nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation. ……Woodrow Wilson

The strength of a Nation derives from the integrity of the home. …..Confucius

A Nation that is afraid to let it’s people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market;
Is a nation that is afraid of it’s people. ……John F. Kennedy

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of it’s prosperity. …..Benjamin Disraeli

When a Nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish. ….Lao Tzu

HUMOR

Many a true word is spoken in jest. ……English Proverb

Humor is like a rubber sword;
It allows you to make a point, without drawing blood. ……Mary Hirsh

Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing. ……Mark Twain

Good Humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility. ….Thomas Jefferson

Humor is simply a funny way of being serious. …Peter Ustinov

A well-developed sense of Humor adds balance to your steps;
As you walk the tightrope of live. …..William A. Ward

Humor is an affirmation of dignity;
A declaration of man’s superiority to all that befalls him. ……Roman Gary.

Humor is the unmasking of the hypocritical. ……Mike Vance

Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing. ……Mark Twain

LEADER

Blessed is the leader who seeks the best for those he serves. …….Author Unknown

Do not go where the path may lead;
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. …….Ralph Waldo Emerson

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in
other men, the conviction and the will to carry on. …..Walter Lippmann

You do not Lead by hitting people over the head. …….Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership is the only safe ship in a storm. ………Faye Wattleton

Good Leaders must first become good servants. ……..Robert Greenleaf

The very essence of Leadership is that you have a vision. ……Theodore Hessburgh

A Good Leader inspires others with confidence in him;
a Great Leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. ……Author Unknown

VIOLENCE

Those who live by the Sword, shall die by the Sword. ….Luke 22:38

In Violence we forget who we are. ……Mary McCarthy

Nothing good ever comes from Violence. ……Martin Luther

Violence in the Voice, is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat. …..H. G. Bohn

Victory attained by Violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mohandas Gandhi

Violence is the refuge of the Incompetent. ……Salvor Hardin

The Violence done to us by others is often less painful,
than that which we do to ourselves. …….. Francois de la Rochefoucauld

There is a Violence that Liberates and one that Enslaves;
There is a Violence that is Moral and one that is Immoral. …….Benito Mussolini

One must do Violence to the object of one’s desire;
When it surrenders, the pleasure is greater. ……..Marquis of Sade

HUMANITY

Remember your Humanity and forget the rest. …..Albert Einstein

The sole meaning of life is to serve Humanity. …..Leo N. Tolstoy

You must not lose faith in Humanity.
Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty,
the ocean does not become dirty. ……Mohandas Gandhi
All Humanity is one undivided and indivisible family;
And each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. ….Mohandas Gandhi

The unmistakable mark of a wise man is love for all Humanity. ….Sri Sathya Sai Baba

In recognizing the Humanity of our fellow beings;
We pay ourselves the highest tribute. …..Thurgood Marshall

Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. …..Connie Mack

The oneness of Humanity is the basic ethical thread that holds us together. …Muhammad Yunus

The true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of Humanity. ……Thomas Paine

PATIENCE

Every thing comes to those who wait. ……Author Unknown

Have Patience with all things;
But first of all, with yourself. ……St. Francis de Sales

Patience is the companion of wisdom. …..St. Augustine

How poor are they that have no Patience. …..William Shakespeare

Patience is the greatest Prayer. …..Buddha

For the friendship of two;
The Patience of one is required. ……Indian Proverb

What cannot be removed;
becomes lighter through Patience. …..Latin Proverb

Patience is bitter, but it bear sweet fruit. ……Jean Jacques Roussea

He that has Patience;
Can have what he will. …..Benjamin Franklin

PRIDE

Pride goes before destruction;
And a haughty spirit, before stumbling. …..Proverbs 16:18

Pride is a personal commitment;
It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity. …..William Blake

Though Pride is not a virtue;
It is the parent of many virtues. …..George Chapman

Pride is an admission of weakness;
It secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. …..Fulton John Sheen

There is a paradox in Pride;
It makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so. ….Charles C. Colton

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken Pride. ……Gilbert Parker

Pride is the mask of one’s own faults. ……Jewish Proverb

A person will not enter paradise, who hath one atom of Pride in his heart. ….Prophet Muhammed

No man has a greater asset for his business than a man’s Pride in his work. ….Hosea Ballou

You can not give people Pride, but you can provide the kind of understanding
That makes people look to their inner strengths, and find their own sense of Pride.
…..Charleszetta Waddles

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one’s status in the eyes of others;
When one achieves that rating, then he is automatically involved in the fear of losing his status.
…..Lao Tzu
A truly Proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors.
The first, he does not admit of;
The other, he does not concern himself about. …..William Hazlitt

Pride is a personal commitment.
It is an attitude that separates excellence from mediocrity. …..Author Unknown

Pride is an admission of weakness;
It secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. …..Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

DECEIT

Integrity is the life blood of a democracy.
Deceit is a poison in it’s veins. …..Edward Kennedy

What a tangled web we weave;
..When first we practice to Deceive. …..J. R. Pope

Everyone is born sincere and die Deceivers. ….Marquis de Vauvenagues

All Deceit weakens confidence and chills benevolence. … Samuel Johnson

In a time of Universal Deceit;
..Telling the truth is a revolutionary act. …George Orwell

If the people wished to be Deceived;
..Let them be deceived. ….Cardinal Carlo Caraffa

The easiest person to Deceive is one’s own self. ….Edward G. Bulyer-Lytton

Self-deception, the root of all evil. …..Lazurus Long

Not a word from their mouths can be trusted, their hearts are filled with destruction.
Their throats are an open grave, with their tongues they speak Deceit. …..Psalm 5:9

It may be possible to Deceive men;
but you cannot Deceive the gods. …….Chinese Proverb

You can fool some of the people all the time;
and all of the people some of the time;
But you cannot fool all the people all the time. …..Phineas T. Barnum

We are never deceived, we Deceive ourselves. ……..Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Nothing is so easy as to Deceive oneself;
For what we wish, we readily Believe. …….Demostenes

The easiest way to be Deceived is to believe yourself
to be more cunning than others. ……Pierre Charron

All Deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie, reduced to practice;
And falsehood, passing from words into things. …..Robert South

It is a double pleasure to deceive the Deceiver. ……Jean de la Fontane

INTEGRITY

To thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man. …..William Shakespeare

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe;
That lures him to evil ways. ….Buddha

The time is always right, to do what is right. …Martin Luther King, Jr.

Live so that your friends can defend you, but never have to. ….Arnold H. Glasow

To know what is right and not do it, Is the worst cowardice, ….Confucius

Laws control the lesser man.
Integrity controls the greater one. Chinese Proverb

If you have Integrity, nothing else matters;
If you don’t have Integrity, nothing else helps. …..Alan Simpson

A life lived with Integrity - even if it lacks the trappings
of fame and fortune, is a shinning star in whose light
others may follow in the years to come. ........Dennis Waitley
Integrity is the essence of everything successful. …….R. Buckminster Fuller

If you have Integrity, nothing else matters.
If you don't have Integrity, nothing else matters. ……..Alan Simpson

If everyone were clothed with Integrity;
If every heart were just, frank, kindly;
then the other virtues would be well-nigh useless. ……..Jean Baptiste Molière

One of the truest tests of Integrity
is its blunt refusal to be compromised. …….Chinua Achebe

Honor your commitments with Integrity. …….Les Brown

Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself,
than straightforward and simple Integrity in another. …….Charles Caleb Colton

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of Integrity. ……..Baltasar Gracian

DESPAIR

Despair is a great incentive to an honorable death. …..Curtis Rufus Quintus

He who has never hoped, can never Despair. …..William Shakespeare.

Despair is the conclusion of fools. ……Benjamin Disraeli.

What we call Despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. ….George Eliot

To those who Despair of everything;
Reason cannot provide a faith. …..Albert Camus

Despair is a narcotic;
It lulls the mind into indifference. ….Charlie Chaplin

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. …Graham Greene

Despair is the damp of hell;
As joy is the serenity of heaven. …..John Donne

Despair often breeds disease. ……..Sophocles

He who dies in Despair has lived his whole life in vain. …….Theodor Adorno
Action is the antidote to despair. …..Joan Baez

We draw our strength from the very despair
in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure. …….Cesar Chavez

We cannot despair of humanity,
since we ourselves are human beings. ……..Albert Einstein

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair. ……Franz Kafka

Despair has its own calms. ……Bram Stoker

Blues are the songs of despair,
but gospel songs are the songs of hope. …….Mahalia Jackson

He is truly the courageous man, who never Despairs. …….Confucius

Do not abandon yourselves to despair.
We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. …….Pope John Paul II

To be truly radical is to make hope possible,
rather than despair convincing. …….Raymond Williams

You know one of the causes of modern despair
is the fact that we have had proposed to us,
from various quarters, an impossible perfection. …….Morris West

Life begins on the other side of despair. ………Jean-Paul Sartre

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed;
Because the best things are always growing in secret. …….Ben Okri

The depth of our despair measures
what capability and height of claim we have to hope. ……Thomas Carlyle

But what we call our despair;
is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope ……George Eliot

FATHERS

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One night a father overheard his son pray:
“Dear God, make me the kind of man my Dad is”.
Later that night, the father prayed:
“Dear God, make me the kind of man my son wants me to be.”
….-A Father’s Prayer, (Author Unknown)

And you Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath;
Bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. …..Ephesians 6:4

A Father’s words are like a thermostat;
That sets the temperature in the house. …..Paul Lewis

Good Fathers make good sons. ….Author Unknown

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong;
As the need for a Father’s protection. ….Sigmund Freud

It is a wise Father, who knows his child. ….William Shakespeare

It is much easier to become a Father, than to be one. …..Kent Nerburn

My Father didn’t tell me how to live;
He lived, and let me watch him do it. …..Clarence B. Kellard

When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son. …..The Talmud

Destiny

Think you I bear the shear of Destiny?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life? …..William Shakespeare

We are but the instrument of heaven;
Our work is not design, but Destiny. ….Lord Edward Lytton

Character is Destiny. …..Hereclitus

Your Destiny is determined by choice; -Not by chance. ……Jean Nidetch

The chain of Destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. …..Winston Churchill

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives;
And create a monster called Destiny. …..John Oliver Hobbes

And when man faces Destiny;
Destiny ends, and man comes into his own. …..Andre Malraux

Every man has his own Destiny;
The only imperative to follow it, to accept it;
No matter where it leads him. …..Henry Miller

Such is the Destiny of all who forget God;
So perishes the hope of the godless. ……Job 8:13

One often meets his Destiny in the road he takes to avoid it. …..French Proverb.

The highest Destiny of man is to serve rather than to rule. ……Albert Einstrin

Accept the things to which fate binds you;
And love the people with whom fate brings you together.
This is your Destiny. …..Marcus Aelius Aurelius

Sow an act, .… reap an habit.
Sow an habit, .…. reap a character.
Sow a character, ….reap a Destiny. ……George Dana Bordman

Destiny is not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice.
It is not a thing to be waited for;…It is thing to be achieved. …..William Jennings Bryan

Our Destiny rules over us, even when we are not aware of it.
It is the future that makes laws for us today. …..Friedrich Wilheim Nietzsche

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives;
And create a monster they call- Destiny. ……John Oliver Hobbes

HATE

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Hate cages all the good things about you. …..Madriane Arvore

From the deepest Desires come the deadliest Hate …..Socrates

If Hate had a shape, it would be that of a boomerang. Author Unknown

It is better to be Hated for what you are;
Than be loved for what you are not. …..Andre Gide

You cannot Hate other people, without Hating yourself. …..Oprah Winfrey

Hate is too great a burden to bear. …..Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by Love;
This is the eternal rule. …..Buddha

In time we Hate that which we fear. ….William Shakespeare

But I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. …..Matthew 5:44

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul,
By making me Hate him. ……Booker T. Washington

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their Hates so stubbornly;
Is because they sense that once hate is gone, they are forced to deal with pain. ….James Baldwin

We Hate some persons because we do not know them;
And we will not know them, because we hate them. …..Charles Caleb Colton

If you Hate a person, you hate something in him that is part bof you,
What isn’t part of us, does not disturb us. ……Hermann Hesse

Sometimes it is a sign of you own worth;
If you are Hated by the right people. ……Miles Franklin

The Hatred of those who are near to us is most violent. ……Tacitus

Always remember others may Hate you,
But they don’t win unless you hate them;
And then you destroy yourself. …..Richard Milhouse Nixon

Hatred, which could destroy so much,
never failed to destroy the man who hated. ……..James Baldwin

Darkness can only be scatered by light;
Hatred can only be conquered by love. ……Pope John Paul II

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated. ………George Bernard Shaw

DEATH and DYING

Oh Death where is thy sting; Oh grave where is your victory? ……1Corinthians 55

There is a dignity in dying that doctors should not dare to deny. ……..Author Unknown
For death begins with Life’s first breath,

And Life begins at the touch of death. ……John Oxenham

Life is not lost by dying;
Life is lost minute by minute,
Day by dragging day,
In all the thousand small uncaring ways. ..….. Stephen Benet

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. …….Epicurus

If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. ……..Lao Tzu

Do not seek death. Death will find you.But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. …….. Dag Hammarskjöld

Everybody is born with an expiry date. …..Carlito Alexander

NON-VIOLENCE

Put up thy sword into it’s place;
For all that take the sword shall perish by the sword. ……Matthew 26:52

Non-Violence is not to be used ever as the shield of the coward.
It is the weapon of the brave. ……..Mohandas K. Gandhi

The essence of Non-Violence is Love. …….. Thich Nhat Hanth

Non-Violence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.
…Martin Luther King, Jr

Non-Violence leads to the highest ethics …..Thomas A. Edison

Non-Violence can be described as an honest and diligent pursuit of truth …..Arum Gandhi

Non-Violence is the supreme law of Life. …….Indian Proverb

Non-Violence is hard work.
It is the willingness to sacrifice.
It is the patience to win. …..Cesar Chavez

STRUGGLE

The important thing in life is not the Triumph, but the Struggle. …… Pierre de Coubertin

Struggle is the father of all things. ……. Adolf Hitler

The virtue lies In the Struggle, not the Prize ……. Richard Monckton Milnes

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals;
This alone is worth the Struggle. ………. William Osler

Life is a long Struggle in the dark. ……Lucretius

Once all Struggle is grasped, Miracles are possible. …….Mao Tse-Tung

It is the conduct of any man to Struggle and fall;
it is the conduct of great men to rise and soar. …….Robert Marshall

Life has meaning only in the Struggle;
Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods.
So let us celebrate the Struggle. …….Swami Sivananda

Life is a Struggle, but not warfare …….John Burroughs

One day in retrospect the years of Struggle
will strike you as the most beautiful. …….. Sigmund Freud

All life demands Struggle. ……Pope Paul VI

You have to Struggle to stay alive
and be of use as long as you can. …….Daniel Berrigan

Always remember that struggle precede success,
even in the dictionary. ……Sarah Ban Breathnach

When good people in any country cease their Struggle,
then evil men prevail. ……Pearl S. Buck

Without a Struggle, there can be no progress. ……Frederick Douglass


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SHARE

Thousands of candles can be lit by one candle,
And the life of the candle will not be shortened.
So too, Happiness never decreases by being shared. ……Buddha

We are channels made for sharing,
Not cisterns made for hording. ……Billy Graham

Sharing is the essence of Teaching.
It is, I have also come to believe, the essence of Civilization. …..Bill Moyers

To share often and much; to leave the world a little better;
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
That is to have succeeded. ……. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Riches unshared are a prison. ……. C. Wayne Owens

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than Giving. …….Mary Catherine Bateson

OPTIMISM

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. …..Helen Keller

Optimism is a seed grown in the soil of faith. ….William Arthur Ward

Optimism is the foundation of courage. ….Nicholas Murray Butler

Teaching is the greatest act of Optimism. …..Colleen Wilcox

Optimism is the opium of the people. ……Milan Kundera

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. ….. Voltaire

The basis of Optimism is sheer terror. ……..Oscar Wilde

An Optimist is the man who always sees the glass half full;
-Even in the desert. …..Edward A. Moses

Optimism is the opium of the people. …..Milan Kundera

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it:
If you can dream it, you can become it. …..William Arthur Ward

The Optimist sees the rose and not its thorns,
The pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose. ….Khalil Gibran.

An Optimist sees an opportunity in every difficulty,
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. ….Sir Winston Churchill

An Optimist is a person who travels on nothing,
From nowhere to happiness. …..Mark Twain

The essence of Optimism is that it takes no account of the present.
But it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned;
It enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself,
And not to abandon it to his enemy. …….Dietrich Bonhoeffer

STRENGTH

Physical Strength is measured by what we can carry;
Spiritual, by what we can bear. …….Author Unknown

Strength does not come from physical capacity.
It comes from an indomitable will. Mohandas Gandhi

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. …….Bill Clinton

The awareness of our own Strength makes us modest. …….Paul Cezanne

True Strength lies in submission,which permits one to dedicate his life,
through devotion, to something beyond himself. ……Henry Miller

The man who is swimming against the stream knows it’s Strength. …..Woodrow Wilson

He is greatest whose Strength carries up the most hearts, by the attraction of his own.
….Henry Ward

Loving someone deeply gives you Strength …….Lao Tzu