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“Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through you. Always be kinder than necessary.”
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“Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides. It means that you are willing to stop being such a jerk. When you are aware of all that has been given to you, in your lifetime and the past few days, it is hard not to be humbled, and pleased to give back.”
― Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
― Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
“The day you find out who you are is when you look back and realize that it was never the words, rather your actions that defined you.”
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“Giving is an act of generosity.
Giving is sowing a seed.
The seed will produce great harvest of fruits.”
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Giving is sowing a seed.
The seed will produce great harvest of fruits.”
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“A meritocracy is a system in which the people who are the luckiest in their health and genetic endowment; luckiest in terms of family support, encouragement, and, probably, income; luckiest in their educational and career opportunities; and luckiest in so many other ways difficult to enumerate — these are the folks who reap the largest rewards. The only way for even a putative meritocracy to hope to pass ethical muster, to be considered fair, is if those who are the luckiest in all of those respects also have the greatest responsibility to work hard, to contribute to the betterment of the world, and to share their luck with others.”
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“Compassion is even more powerful than courage. Sure, with courage you can conquer a world - but only with compassion can you heal and build it.”
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“Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.”
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“You don’t have to be rich to give; your gift can be as simple as a smile.”
― Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
― Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
“Giving Back is like chicken and dumplings for the giver’s soul . . . warm, familiar and filled with rich and nourishing content.”
― Giving Back: A Tribute to Generations of African American Philanthropists
― Giving Back: A Tribute to Generations of African American Philanthropists
“Your mind expands when you give, your heart expands when you share, and your soul expands when you are charitable.”
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“Sowing a seed after tasting fruit.
Saving oceanic planktons and planting trees after taking oxygen from them. Thus we can maintain the benevolence of give and take policy.”
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Saving oceanic planktons and planting trees after taking oxygen from them. Thus we can maintain the benevolence of give and take policy.”
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“I can’t help but blush a little at her compliment. I don’t do those things for the recognition, I do them because it makes me feel like I can make a difference, even if that difference might be small.”
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“[Y]ou shouldn't cut your old friends now that you have risen in the world. That's what we call snobbery.”
― Pygmalion
― Pygmalion
“So while the book Giving Back serves as a moving tribute, "The Soul of Philanthropy" exhibit and its programs are meant to compel us toward a triumphant movement of conscious giving for social change.”
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“The Lord God called you to Himself as His child. In return, you give God what pleases Him most – YOU PRAISE HIM!”
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“A pure heart is nothing more than being real with God, and not pretending to honor and adore Him. Will you do this? Give God praise freely?
The decision is yours. Only you can change your attitude towards worshipping God.”
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The decision is yours. Only you can change your attitude towards worshipping God.”
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“God is responsible for everything we have, everything we achieve, every blessing in our lives. He reminds us of this by asking us to simply live on most of what He provides. We’re able to show our thankfulness to Him by setting aside some of those gifts to give back to Him and His kingdom.”
― Spiritual Wealth: a 40-Day Journey to Developing Stewardship Mindset
― Spiritual Wealth: a 40-Day Journey to Developing Stewardship Mindset
“Be as generous as the sun, but keep your distance lest you burn the recipients. - On the Need of Subtleness in Generosity”
― Awakening
― Awakening
“Helping others, or volunteering, provides such benefits as reducing distress and improving physical and mental health. Perceptions related to giving, such as a sense of meaning, purpose, belonging and mattering, may also increase happiness and decrease depression.”
― Psychology from the Islamic Perspective
― Psychology from the Islamic Perspective
“Give for the right reason — and that is, give for no reason at all.”
― The Path to a Meaningful Life
― The Path to a Meaningful Life
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