Tag Archive for kindness

Throw Something Back

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Throw Something Back – As Maya Angelou said, “I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”

Live in Gratitude

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Live In Gratitude – As John F. Kennedy said, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

Share Scraps of Wisdom

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Share Scraps of Wisdom – Italian writer Umberto Eco said, “What we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.”

Kiss The Earth

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Kiss The Earth – As Rumi said, “There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.”

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
- Henry Van Dyke

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.
- Dalai Lama

Be A “Feel-Good” Person

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Be A “Feel-Good” Person – As Maya Angelou said, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
- Maya Angelou

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
- Og Mandino

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson