"It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose."

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Source : "Why Wait For A Crisis To Give?" by Joy Bryant, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 23, 2009.

Joy Bryant

#Giving Quotes #Feel Good Quotes #Survival Quotes

“I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there was no receptionist. So the DJ opened up his booth, and took my tape and listened to it and thought it was a hit song.”
“As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.”
“We treat employees as a member of the family. If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.”
“We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.”
“If destiny could bring two people together, then it could just as easily tear them apart, and, if it could tear two people apart, then it could just as easily bring them back together again. There was no beginning, middle and end to destiny. It wasn't neat and manageable. It was random and scary.”
“I'll never look at you in any way but complete admiration.â€ He stroked her hair soothingly. â€œYou will never be a millstone about my neck. Rather you're the sunshine that brightens my day.â€ He swallowed. â€œDon't you see? You brought me into the daylight. You've embraced parts of me that I was never able to let see light. Don't make me retreat again into the night. (Winter Makepeace)”
“Sometimes it feels like it hurts when you make a big purchase, so I really believe that the more expensive things should be gems that you keep in your closet, not trends.”
“The changes we dread most may contain our salvation.”

Source : Barbara Kingsolver (2011). “Small Wonder”, p.13, Faber & Faber

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