Whatever you do, if you do it hard enough you’ll enjoy it. The important thing is to work and work hard.
—David Rockefeller (American Philanthropist)
When you give of your possessions, you give but little; it is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
—Khalil Gibran (Lebanese-born American Philosopher)
Riches ennoble a man’s circumstances, but not himself.
—Immanuel Kant (Prussian German Philosopher)
We do not know what to do with this short life, but we want another that will be eternal.
—Anatole France (French Novelist)
Without devotion, knowledge is tasteless. Without knowledge, devotion is mere empty idol worship.
—Swami Chinmayananda (Indian Hindu Teacher)
Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former flow and pageant.
—Washington Irving (American Author)
How easy it is for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him; and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles!
—Washington Irving (American Author)
Death never takes the wise man by surprise; he is always ready to go.
—Jean de La Fontaine (French Poet)
How easy it is for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him; and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles!
—Washington Irving (American Author)