Doing Good Quotes

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  Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

  Francis of Assisi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  President Gellhaus’ Speech, annualmeeting.acog.org. 2016.

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• The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Encouragement, Freedom, Business

  "The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better". Book by Richard Leider, p. 35., 2010.

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  The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Success, Respect

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  If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

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  We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Winston Churchill

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

  Norman MacEwen

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Positive, Religious

  Quoted inWilliam H. Herndon and JesseW.Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (1889)

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• Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

  Douglas Horton

  Thinking, Example, Deeds

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  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.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Deeds Done, Transcendentalism, Good Deeds

  'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'

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• Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.

  Zoroaster

  Joy, Healthy, Increase

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• Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

  Gautama Buddha

  Heart, Helping Others, Joy

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• There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Rejoice, Gratification

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.612, Stanford University Press

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• The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Inspirational, Happiness, Thinking

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• Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

  Robert Breault

  Positive, Truth, Honesty

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• For good people to do evil things, it takes religion.

  Steven Weinberg

  Religious, Atheist, If There Is A God

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• Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt - Volume”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.

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• As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Success, Agreement

  'Walden' (1854) 'Economy'

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• Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Smile, Appreciation, Kindness

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.

  Saul Alinsky

  Mean, Creativity, New Beginnings

  Saul Alinsky (2016). “Thirteen Tactics for Realistic Radicals: from Rules for Radicals”, p.5, Vintage

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• Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

  George Washington Carver

  New Beginnings, Today Not Tomorrow, Words Of Wisdom

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• The root of this possibility of doing good - that we all have - is in creation.

  Pope Francis

  Roots, Creation, Possibility

  "Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are Redeemed, Not Just Catholics". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2013.

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• Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.

  Thorstein Veblen

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Respect

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