Friday, July 25, 2008

Quotes on Service and Helping

Quotes on Service and Helping

"We can not hold a torch to light another's
path without brightening our own."

- Ben Sweetland
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"Service is the rent we each pay for living.
It is not something to do in your spare time;
it is the very purpose of life."

- Marian Wright Edelman
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"We can not live only for ourselves. A thousand
fibers connect us with our fellow man."

- Herman Melville
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"What do we live for if not to make life
less difficult for each other?"

- George Eliot
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"It is one of the most beautiful compensations
of life, that no man can sincerely try
to help another without helping himself."

- Emerson
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"The service we render others is the rent
we pay for our room on earth."

- Wilfred Grenfell

2 comments:

  1. Very thought-provoking.

    Beth

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  2. I like the one by George Eliot; like Beth said, all thought provoking

    betty

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