Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

We can do anything we want, if we stick to it long enough.

We can do anything we want, if we stick to it long enough.

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as read more

A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.

Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one read more

Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides.

Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.

Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without read more

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

There is no better exercise for your heart, Than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.

There is no better exercise for your heart, Than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.