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It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
Mother Teresa1910–1997
- Charity
The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.
Mother Teresa1910–1997
- Charity
I believe in person to person. Every person is Christ for me, and since there is only one Jesus, that person is the one person in the world at that moment.
Mother Teresa1910–1997
- Charity
- Christianity
I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper’s wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?
Mother Teresa1910–1997Statement of 1977, as quoted in Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (2011) by Susan Ratcliffe, p. 373
- Charity
- God
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
Nikola Tesla1856–1943“The Problem of Increasing Human Energy”, Century Illustrated Magazine (June 1900)
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Four Georges (1860-1861), “George II”.
- Courage
He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863The Book of Snobs (1848), Ch. 2: “The Snob Royal”
- Character
Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Vanity Fair (1848), Chapter XXXVIn context
- Character
- Leadership
I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.
William Makepeace Thackeray1811–1863Vanity Fair (1848), Chapter XLIIn context
- Comedy
- Money
Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right.
Hunter S. Thompson1937–2005The Rum Diary (1998)
- Character
That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another’s. We see so much only as we possess.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Journal (22 June 1839)
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849), Wednesday
- Character
If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walden (1854), p. 85In context
- Charity
He who gives himself entirely to his fellow-men appears to them useless and selfish; but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced a benefactor and philanthropist.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Civil Disobedience (1849)In context
- Charity
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walden (1854), ConclusionIn context
- Character