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.
Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you’ll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone.
It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.
Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.
Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.
Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it’s about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.
No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.
There is no greater reward than working from your heart and making a difference in the world.
Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self.
When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.
Profit isn’t a purpose, it’s a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.
Fight against something and you focus on the thing you hate. Fight for something and you focus on the thing you love.
Generosity is doing something for someone else expecting nothing in return.
The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.
Businesses need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.
It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It’s what you leave behind you when you go.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer.
In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
We are all woven together in the great web of humanity, and whatever we can do to benefit and uplift others will reflect in blessing upon ourselves.
You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.