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To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that’s what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself but for one’s community.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg1933–2020About her legacy. As quoted in: Jay Croft (September 20, 2020): 10 quotes that help define the ‘Notorious RBG’ legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Charity
- Life & Death
Two souls, alas! reside within my breast,
And each withdraws from, and repels, its brother.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832Faust (1808), Scene II, spoken by FaustIn context
- Character
- Emotion
A good man, through obscurest aspiration,
Has still an instinct of the one true way.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1749–1832Faust (1808), Prologue in Heaven, spoken by The LordIn context
- Character
- Good & Evil
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
Jane Goodall1934–2025With Love (1999)
- Inspiration
- Responsibility
We Americans write our own history. And the chapters of which we’re proudest are the ones where we had the courage to change.
Al Goreborn 1948Speech at the Democratic National Convention (28 August 1996).
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
Baltasar Gracián1601–1658
- Courage
- Wisdom
Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
Baltasar Gracián1601–1658The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647), Maxim 118: (p. 66)
- Honor
There is no joy in life like the joy of sharing.
Billy Graham1918–2018
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Billy Graham1918–2018“A Time for Moral Courage”, Reader’s Digest (July 1964)
- Courage
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Kenneth Grahame1859–1932The Wind in the Willows (1908), Chapter IVIn context
- Character
Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
Ulysses S. Grant1822–1885Endorsement of a letter relating to the Whiskey Ring (29 July 1875)
- Justice
- Responsibility
Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge or we labour in vain.
Anthony the Great251–357Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum), Antony 35; trans. Benedicta Ward (1975)
- Motivation & Goals
I know you’ve come to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.
Che Guevara1928–1967Reported last words, to his executioner, La Higuera, Bolivia (9 October 1967)
- Courage
- Life & Death
We wish to recall here the spirit of tolerance shown by Our Lord Jesus Christ when He gave forgiveness to all including those that crucified Him.
Haile Selassie1892–1975Address to the World Congress on Evangelism, Berlin (28 October 1966)
- Christianity
- Forgiveness
Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self exaltation. To be humble is not to make comparisons.
Dag Hammarskjöld1905–1961Vägmärken · Markings (1963), 29 July 1959
- Pride