Favorite Quotes » Giving

Make Someone Happy

Kelley Taylor — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:45:36 +0000

“There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment. ”

– Robert Brault

Discover Your Potential

Kelley Taylor — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:08:07 +0000

“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

true giving

Kelley Taylor — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:56:20 +0000

“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

- Kahlil Gibran

cultivate your gifts

Kelley Taylor — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:04:49 +0000

“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

Success

Kelley Taylor — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:36:18 +0000

“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

Try Harder

Kelley Taylor — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:30:22 +0000

“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

Make Every Day A Holiday

Kelley Taylor — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:00:36 +0000

”Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!”

- Amanda Bradley

Sharing with Others

kelleytaylor — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:43:52 +0000

“The only gift is a portion of thyself.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Spirit of Christmas

kelleytaylor — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:25:08 +0000

“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