What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man. Deanna Raybourn
It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
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Mother Teresa
Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.
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Mother Teresa
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.
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Horace Mann
Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.
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Marcus Aurelius
Who really owns the Earth?Corporations? Governments?Charity Organizations?Or...Should it be the people? You decide!
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Anthony T. Hincks
More Quotes By Deanna Raybourn
I stepped closer still. He closed his eyes again and covered my hand with his own. 'You smell of violets. You always smell of violets, ' he said. 'You've no idea how many times I have walked these moors and smelled them and thought you...
He considered that a moment, rolling the sweet over his tongue. "There are times when it is entirely safe to show one's vulnerability, to roll over and reveal the soft underbelly beneath. But there are other times when pain must be borne without a murmur,...
You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.
From the first note I knew it was different from anything I had ever heard.. It began simply, but with an arresting phrase, so simple, but eloquent as a human voice. It spoke, beckoning gently as it unwound, rising and tensing. It spiraled upward, the...
But this is a thing that I know--to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid.
