“There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment. ”
– Robert Brault
“Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is.”
- President Barack Obama
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
- Kahlil Gibran
“I want to continue to grow. To me the biggest sin of all sins is to be given a gift a talent because it’s actually a gift from God. To take that and not cultivate it, and make it grow, that’s the biggest sin in the world.”
- Michael Jackson
october 1981 Ebony magazine
RIP Michael Jackson
August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009
“He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth’s beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction.”
- Elisabeth-Anne “Bessie” Anderson Stanley
often missattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson or Robert Louis Stevenson
“In this hustle and bustle world we live in it takes creativity and resourcefulness to give a gift from the heart.”
- Sherry Nicholson, Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul
”Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!”
- Amanda Bradley
“The only gift is a portion of thyself.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“For somehow, not only at Christmas, but all the long year through, the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.”
- John Greenleaf Whittier
