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Words of the Wise IX

Where our work is, there let our joy be
Tertullion

Work is love made visible
Kahlil Gibran

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward
William J. Bennett

No one can deal with the hearts of men unless he has the sympathy which is given by love
Henry Ward Beecher

That which cometh from the heart goes to the heart
Jeremiah Burroughs

It takes great courage to faithfully follow what we know to be true
Sara E. Anderson

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness
Joseph Campbell

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do
Rumi

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love
Virgil

The power of love and caring can change the world
James Autry

You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give
Winston Churchill

You can handle people more successfully by enlisting their feelings than by convincing their reason
Paul P. Parker

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities
Walt Kelly

Our lives will always be full if our hearts are always giving
Anonymous

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge
Gerald Jampolsky

Friendships multiply joys and divide grief
Thomas Fuller

It is better to give and receive
Bernard Gunther

We know what we are, but know not what we may be
William Shakespeare

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is
Oscar Wilde

The real act of discovery is not in finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes
Marcel Proust

Life is an opportunity to contribute love in your own way
Bernie Siegel

Compassion is the chief law of human existence
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If the only prayer you say in your whole life is "thank you", that would suffice
Meister Eckehart

Celebrate what you want to see more of
Tom Peters

Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly and they will show themselves great
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless
Mother Teresa

There'll be pennies from heaven for you and me
John Burke

Take time to marvel at the wonders of life
Gary W. Fenchuk

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness
Sydney Smith

The size of your body is of little account; the size of your brain is of much account; the size of your heart is of the most account of all
B.C. Forbes

Work done on the true spirit of service...is considered as worship
Baha Allah, founder of the Baha'i faith

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily
Sally Kach

Do what you and love what you're doing, and you'll never work another day in your life
Source Unknown

The only real way to differentiate yourself from competition is through service
Jonathan Tisch

What do we live for if not to make this world less difficult for each other
George Eliot

Do it big, do it right and do it with style
Fred Astaire

Kindness is the insignia of a loving heart
Anonymous

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you
Henry Ward Beecher

Caring is a powerful business advantage
Scott Johnson

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind
Martin Luther King, Jr.

A person who sows seeds of kindness enjoys a perpetual harvest
Anonymous

All labour that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing
Albert Schweitzer

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go
T.S. Eliot

The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man
Roy L. Smith

Here is a simple but powerful rule: Always give people more than they expect to get
Nelson Boswell

Your work is to discover your work, and then with all your heart to give yourself to it
Buddha

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve
Albert Schweitzer

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing
Abraham Lincoln

If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse trap than his neighbour, tho' he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door
Ralph Waldo Emerson

You never find yourself until you face the truth
Pearl Bailey

No matter how deep a study you make, what you really have to rely on is your own intuition and when it comes down to it, you really don't know what is going to happen until you do it
Konosuke Matsushita

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted
Aesop

We all have the extraordinary coded within us...waiting to be released
Jean Houston

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight
Phyllis Diller

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence--only in constant improvement and constant changes
Tom Peters

You cannot step into the same river twice
Heraclitus

A capacity for childlike wonder carried into adult life typifies the creative person
Kaiser News

When we love and laugh with our patient, we elevate the highest degree of healing, which is inner peace
Leslie Gibson

If you're not using your smile, you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook
Les Giblin

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The present time has one advantage over every other--it is our own
Charles C. Colton

We are ourselves, creations. And we, in turn, are meant to continue creativity by being creative
Julia Cameron

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist
Pierre Tielhard de Chardin

Nothing ever succeeds which exuberant spirits have not helped to produce
Nietzsche

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible
Theodore Roethke

A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous, and then dismissed as trivial, until finally it becomes what everybody knows
William James

Never, never, never, never give up
Winston Churchill

Great things are done by people who think great thoughts and then go out into the world to make their dreams come true
Ernest Holmes

Press on! A better fate awaits you
Victor Hugo

Effort only releases its reward after a person refuses to quit
Napoleon Hill

Comedy is acting out optimism
Robin Williams

In the presence of love, miracles happen
Robert Schuller

Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is
Arthur F. Lenchan

All of the significant battles are waged within the self
Sheldon Keggs

No one ever finds life worth living--he has to make it worth living
Author unknown

You have to do it by yourself, and you can't do it alone
Martin Rutte

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us
Ralph Waldo Emerson

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself
Soren Kierkegaard

The time is always right to do what is right
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Our mission is to gain true discernment of the contraries, first as contraries, but then as poles of unity
Hermana Hesse

Integrity is not a 90% thing, not a 95% thing, either you have it or you don't
Peter Scotese

One individual plus courage is a majority
Source Unknown

Live to learn and you will learn to live
Portuguese Proverb

Growth means change and change involves risks, stepping from the known to the unknown
George Shinn

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success
Eddie Cantor

The only certain measure of success is to render and better service than is expected of you
Og Mandino

Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day
Matthew 6:34

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance
Thomas Huxley

We have 40 million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse
Rudyard Kipling

Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed
B.C. Forbes

It's the essence of genius to make use of the simplest of ideas
Charles Peguy

I have learned this at least by my experiments: That if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours
Henry David Thoreau

Knowing God's own time is best,
In patient hope I rest...
John Greenleaf Whittier

If I can ease one life the aching,
or cool one pain,
or help one fainting robin
unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain
Emily Dickinson

You are what your deep driving desire is,
As your desire is, so is your will.
As your will is, so is your deed.
As your deed is, so is your destiny.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV

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