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“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” —Arthur Ashe (1943-1993), professional tennis player “Loving parents have caring children.” —Chinese proverb “Discipline isn't just punishing, forcing compliance or stamping out bad behavior. Rather, discipline has to do with teaching proper deportment, caring about others, controlling oneself and putting someone else's wishes before one's own when the occasion calls for it.” —Lawrence Balter, psychologist, author “The true essence of humankind is kindness. There are other qualities which come from education or knowledge, but it is essential, if one wishes to be a genuine human being and impart satisfying meaning to one's existence, to have a good heart.” —Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama “We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.” —Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), actor “Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with joy but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple, and take alms from them who sork with joy.” —Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), poet, writer, artist “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. ” —Buddha “Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.” —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), scholar, writer, philosopher “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” —Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister “Work is love made visible.” —Khalil Gibran (1883– 1931), artist, poet, and writer “I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.” —Roy Croft (1907-1973), poet. exerpt from "Love" “A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” —Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), playwright “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.” —Forest E. Witcraft (1894-1967), teacher, scholar “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” —Dr. Leonardo Buscaglia (1924-1998), professor, author “Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.” —Anthony J. D'Angelo “Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.” —Harold Kushner, famous quotes “Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.” —Joe Manchin, Governor of West Virginia “Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.” —Margaret Mead “In caring I experience the other as having potentialities and the need to grow. In helping the other grow I do not impose my own direction; rather, I allow the direction of the other's growth to guide what I do, to help determine how I am to respond.” —Milton Mayeroff “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” —Mother Theresa (1910-1997), founder of the Missionaries of Charity “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” —Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister
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