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“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”
“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
“No one has ever become poor by giving.”
“Non nobis solum nati sumus. (Not for ourselves alone are we born.)”
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.”
“If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your path.”
“Helping one person might not change the whole world, but it could change the world for that one person.”
“Make yourself necessary to somebody.”
“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
“Self-actualized people don't sacrifice their potentialities in the service of others; rather, they use their full powers in the service of others.”
“Any person that contributes to prosperity must prosper in return.”
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?”
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
“The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.”
“We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.”
“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.”
“Success is not a function of the size of your title but the richness of your contribution.”
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'”
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
“The person who sows a single beautiful thought in the mind of another renders the world a greater service than that rendered by all the fault finders combined.”
“Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.”
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before beginning to improve the world.”
“Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.”
“There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good.”
“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.”
“If you don't know what to do with your life, do something that saves lives. The world is full of people in need, be the part of their life that fills that need.”
“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'”
“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
“Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.”
“Be good, see good, receive good.”
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
“Put good energy out. Get good energy back.”
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”
“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”
“No joy can equal the joy of serving others.”
“Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.”
“Success is about making a positive difference to other people’s lives”
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”
“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”
“Let your light so shine before men that they, seeing your good works, may glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)”
“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.”
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
“Success at the highest level comes down to one question: Can you decide that your happiness can come from someone else's success?”
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
“If you want to save the world, save your little corner of the world.”
“Life isn't about getting and having, it's about giving and being.”
“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.”
“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve.”
“You give before you get.”
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
“Be useful. Contribute more than you can consume.”
“How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.”
“In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.”
“Imagine what a harmonious world could be if every single person, both young and old, shared a little of what he is good at.”
“The ignorant work for their own profit; the wise work for the welfare of the world, without thought for themselves.”
“Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. (Mark 10:43)”
“Sometimes a small thing you do can mean everything in another person's life.”
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
“Try to forget yourself in the service of others. For when we think too much of ourselves and our own interests, we easily become despondent. But when we work for others, our efforts return to bless us.”
“The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.”
“Through service we gather the harvest that has been sown in contemplation.”
“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”
“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”
“Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.”
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
“There is no remedy for love but to love more.”
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.”
“Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.”
“Success is not just about making money. It's about making a difference.”
“Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.”
“If you help people get what they want, you can get what you want.”
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.”
“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.”
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito.”
“Meaning is about making a difference, not having an audience.”
“Love is the bridge between you and everything.”
“You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”
“We rise by lifting others.”
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”
“Grow plus Give equals fulfillment.”
“Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.”
“Never get tired of doing little things for others, sometimes those little things occupy the biggest parts of their hearts.”
