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.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the read more

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to live, make haste to be kind.

Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not read more

Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living Yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest.

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

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

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.

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.

In every community there is work to be done. In every nation there are wounds to heal. In every heart read more

In every community there is work to be done. In every nation there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who read more

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. Those among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

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.