#charity

There are only two ways to live your life. One as if all that matters is to have someone love and accept you. The other is as though loving and accepting another person is all that matters. Often when you choose the second, you get the first. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#charity #love #reaching-out-to-others #relationships #life

Will there ever be an encyclopedia? Possibly. I would say two things about the encyclopedia: firstly, I’ve always said and I stand by it, whenever I do do a printed encyclopedia I would like all the proceeds to go to charity. Back in 1998 I never dreamt I personally I would be in the position that I could set up a large charitable foundation and personally do things for charity, and I’ve done other charity books already. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#harry-potter #j-k-rowling #pottermore #the-scottish-book #charity

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world. ↗

— Fred Rogers

#endurance #hope #mister-rogers #charity

To sum it all up, the [Ayn] Rand belief system looks like this: 1. Facts are facts: things can be absolutely right or absolutely wrong, as determined by reason. 2. According to my reasoning, I am absolutely right. 3. Charity is immoral. 4. Pay for your own fucking schools. ↗

— Matt Taibbi

#cynicism #objectivism #philosophy #charity

He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of charity to admire a pelican. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#pelican #charity

If I murmur in the least at affliction, if I am in any way uncharitable, if I revenge my own case, if I do anything purely to please myself or omit anything because it is a great denial, if I trust myself, if I take any praise for any good which Christ does by me, or if I am in any way proud, I shall act as my own and not God’s. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

#christianity #complain #revenge #charity

The first rule of Evernight is that any vampire who seeks sanctuary must be given a place." -Charity ↗

— Claudia Gray

#mrs-bethany #stargazer #charity

I did a charity walk the other day. They asked for money, and I walked.
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— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #funny

I realize the simple truth is that power isn’t control at all- power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others so that they may have the strength to stand on their own. ↗

— Beth Revis

#control #love #overcoming #power #strong

In a world full of commonplace tragedies, only one thing exists that truly has the power to save lives, and that is love. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#compassion #healing #hope #kindness #love