Do not waste time bothering whether you love your neighbour; act as though you did. When you are behaving as though you loved someone, you will presumably come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn you will find yourself disliking him less - C S Lewis

I want to see that our older people still feel useful, and our younger people feel engaged in our wider society, and I want to feel that we can bond people from disparate backgrounds, ages and communities together in a greater project, which they get engaged in for the sake of others. Volunteering, in all sorts of ways, seems to me likely to be able to achieve some of that - Baroness Julia Neuberger (BBC 1 Politics Show, 9 March 2008)

What other people do shouldn't affect you - we do things because of the kind of person we each want to be - George Marshall, author of 'Carbon Detox' (writing in the Metro newspaper, 9 January 2008)

When the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger - Gordon Brown, acceptance speech on formally becoming Labour Party leader, 24 June 2007

There must be so much talent and imagination that goes unrecognised because people just don't see it - Liz Smith, actress, interview with Metro newspaper (27 March 2007)

We all say in our own lives that money isn't everything. Love matters, friendships matter. My relationship with my kids matters. It shouldn't be a giant leap to take that thought and introduce it into political dialogue – David Cameron, Conservative Party Leader, interview in 'Green Futures', October 2006

Environmental problems are really social problems anyway. They begin with people as the cause and end with people as the victims - Sir Edmund Hilary

If you catch too many fish, the best place to store them is in another person's stomach - proverb

There's so much that we need to share, send a smile and show you care - from the song 'Give A Little Bit' by Supertramp

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other people - Aristotle

Faces are the most interesting things we see - David Hockney, artist

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people - Theodore Roosevelt

You don't have to be harmonious on everything, just one thing, to get along with someone - Bono (Paul David Hewson), rock singer and activist (2005)

Do for others as you would have them do for you - Luke 6:31

Here is a simple rule of thumb for behaviour: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you; then grab the initiative and do it for them! - Luke 6:31 "The Message"

Ask yourself constantly "Am I treating my fellow citizens as I treat my mum?" - Tommy Sheridan, former leader of the Scottish Socialist Party (2007)

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends - Aristotle

He who hath many friends hath none - Aristotle

Friends are the sunshine of life - John Hay

Life is nothing without friendship - Cicero

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend - Albert Camus

...it's what charity truly means, that compassion for each other's vulnerability - Sally Brampton, novelist and journalist (2005)

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you - Dale Carnegie

In this cash-rich, time-poor culture of ours, the most precious commodity we have is time...volunteering our precious time, is in this brutally self-involved world, the most truly selfless act - Sally Brampton, novelist and journalist (2005)

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others? - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1969)

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbour - Hubert H Humphrey

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile - Albert Einstein

Poverty is not natural; it is man-made - Nelson Mandela (2005)

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously - Peter Ustinov, actor, writer and raconteur (1921-2004)

It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong - Leo Roskin

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth - N Eldon Tanner

Interdependence is a higher value than independence - Stephen Covey

There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires - Nelson Mandela

Obtaining happiness is better than seeking pleasure - unknown

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful - Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993), preacher and author of The Power of Positive Thinking

Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will be to you a bright and happy place in which to work and play and serve - Grenville Kleiser, American author (1868-1953)

Appreciation motivates - unknown

Motivation will always beat mere talent - unknown

When people are laughing, they're generally not killing each other - Alan Alda

...be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry - James 1:19

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him - Galileo Galilei

You must look into people, as well as at them - Lord Chesterfield

People get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people - Colin Powell, US Secretary of State 2001-2004

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior - unknown

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are - unknown

One life is worth no more or less than any other - Melinda Gates, philanthropist and wife of Bill Gates (2005)

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important – T S Eliot

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice - unknown

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree - Marian Wright Edelman

A person who talks about his inferiors, hasn't any - Hawaiian proverb

Who do I like best, men or women? I think it really depends on what for! – Joyce Grenfell, actress and comedienne (1910 - 1979)

Relationships become rocky when men and women fail to acknowledge they are biologically different and when each expects the other to live up to their expectations. Much of the stress we experience in relationships comes from the false belief that men and women are now the same and have the same priorities, drives and desires - Allan and Barbara Pease (authors: 'Why men don't listen & women can't read maps')

Men are motivated when they feel needed while women are motivated when they feel cherished - John Gray (author: 'Men are from Mars Women are from Venus')

Men primarily need a kind of love that is trusting, accepting and appreciative. Women primarily need a kind of love that is caring, understanding and respectful - John Gray (author: 'Men are from Mars Women are from Venus')

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres - 1 Corinthians 13: 4 - 7 (New International Version)

You don't have to be 'perfect' to be beautiful or to be loved - Love & love poetry exhibition, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (February 2008)

Man is not interesting without some imperfection - Soichiro Honda

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring - Prince William at 21 (June 2003)

Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government - John Prescott

How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself, that it may be just and pure - Emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121 - 180)

No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such - Emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121 - 180)

If you don't visit the bad neighbourhoods, the bad neighbourhoods are going to visit you - Thomas Friedman, global analyst for the New York Times

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity - Albert Einstein

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women - Queen Elizabeth II

A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child - unknown

Be the change in the world you want to see - Ghandi

If this world could only grasp the power of forgiveness. Being able to forgive someone breaks the cycle of bitterness and vengeance - J. John, evangelist

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that does - Margaret Mead, Anthropologist

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1969)

If you are bitter, it will eat you up and do you much more damage than the people who have hurt you - Terry Waite, former hostage for 5 years in Beirut

One ought to be just before one is generous - Winston Churchill

A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed - Proverbs 11:25

There was a man, they called him mad. The more he gave, the more he had - John Bunyan

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them - Dalai Lama

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds - William Shakespeare

If you only love the loveable, do you expect a pat on the back? - Luke 6:32 "The Message"

Everybody has something good inside them. Some hide it, some neglect it, but it is there - Mother Teresa

If you judge people, you have no time to love them - Mother Teresa

It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish - Mother Teresa

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one - Mother Teresa

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person - Mother Teresa

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love - Aristotle

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach - Winston Churchill

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel - George Bernard Shaw

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people - George Bernard Shaw

It is in the shelter of each other that the people live - Irish proverb

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes - William Bennett

Keep interested in others, keep interested in the wide and wonderful world. Then in a spiritual sense you will always be young - Fredric March

Not all of us have to possess earthshaking talent. Just common sense and love will do - Myrtle Auvil

Love is the best part of life - Suzi Quatro

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit - Peter Ustinov, actor, writer and raconteur (1921-2004)

To be loved, you must be lovable - Italian proverb

Some people never say the words "I love you", it's not their style to be so bold. Some people never say "I love you", but like a child they're longing to be told - Annie Lennox (Something So Right)

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience - Doug Larson

One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see - Bob Seger (No Man's Land)

One of the most difficult things is not to change society, but to change yourself - Nelson Mandela

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own - Confucius

People whose main concern is their own happiness seldom find it - unknown

He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity - Confucius

We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other - Michael Howard

Build fences around people and you will get sheep - anonymous

What’s done to children, they will do to society - Karl Menninger

You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once - Polish Proverb

We do not exist for ourselves - Thomas Merton

We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you - Jeff Warner

All people are equal, it is not birth, it is virtue alone that makes the difference - Voltaire

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing - Quincy Jones

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned - Peter Marshall

The only way to have a friend is to be one - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

A good friend is cheaper than therapy - unknown

A friend in power is a friend lost - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation - Henry Ward Beecher, preacher and writer (1813-1887)

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy - Chogyam Trungpa

Our lives are inextricably linked by the common thread of humanity. If we break it, we are all undone - unknown

Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it - Swedish proverb

Yes, I do touch. I believe that everyone needs that - Diana, Princess of Wales

At a touch of love everyone becomes a poet - Plato

There's nothing more precious in this world than the feeling of being wanted - Diana Dors

It's your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life - Anthony Robbins

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person - Margaret Anderson

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single minute before starting to improve the world - Anne Frank

THINK before you speak. Is it True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind? - Alan Redpath, Mutual Encouragement Fellowship

Assumptions are the termites of relationships - Henry Winkler

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people - Virginia Woolf

Life is a journey towards truth, we have something to learn from each other, and everybody ought to have a chance to make the journey. So for us, a community is just made up of anybody who accepts the rules of the game, everybody counts, everybody has a role to play, everybody deserves a chance and we all do better when we work together - Bill Clinton (2001)

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity - World Health Organisation constitution, 1946

Health is better than wealth - proverb

Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I will remember - Chinese proverb

The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back - Abigail van Buren

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking - H Jackson Brown (Jnr)

If happiness is your mode of travel, it will be your state on arrival - anonymous

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up - Mark Twain

I can live for two months on a good compliment - Mark Twain

Learning is not compulsory . . . neither is survival - Dr W Edwards Deming, American management and total quality guru (1900 - 1993)

The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behaviour affect the rights and well being of others - Sharon Anthony Bower

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit - Harry Truman

Valuing diversity: You don't get harmony when everyone sings the same note - Doug Floyd

People want to know how much you care before they care how much you know - Tom Hatcher, Victoria, British Columbia

Showing you care is better than saying you care - unknown

If a man is gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is not an island, cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them - Francis Bacon

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom - James Allen

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm centre. So does a person - Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993), preacher and author of The Power of Positive Thinking

He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving - Amy Carmichael

The best portion of a good man's life; his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love - William Wordsworth

Kindness is wisdom - Philip James Bailey, poet (1816-1902)

How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it - Elliston

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless beauty - unknown

The love we give away is the only love we keep - Elbert Hubbard

Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value - Albert Einstein

Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

To live is not just to survive, but to thrive with passion, compassion, some humour and style - Maya Angelou

Success in your life is not a single achievement. It's all that you do with others and for others - Phil Harding

I enjoy the company of other people. That's where I get most of my satisfaction from - Richard Branson

Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results - Dennis Wholey

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness - William Arthur Ward

A smile is the cheapest way to improve your looks, even if you have crooked teeth - unknown

A good face is a letter of recommendation - unknown

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it - Emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121 - 180)

A gentle answer turns away wrath; but a harsh word stirs up anger - Proverbs 15:1

Let’s go hand in hand, not one before another - William Shakespeare (The Comedy of Errors)

Risk ridicule - smile at strangers, talk to shop assistants - Global Directory

Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down - Jimmy Durante

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble - Bob Hope

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want - Jonathan Swift

The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile? - Jean De La Bruyère

Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much - Erich Fromm

You should never value people according to the size of their bank balances. Being poor does not make them bad and being rich does not make them good - Jackie Ballard, Director General, RSPCA, January 2003

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws - Plato

The people who will succeed fifteen years from now, the countries which will succeed, are those which are most based on a sustainable vision of the world. That is what we should be training people to do - Charles Clarke MP, March 2003

What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork - Pearl Bailey

How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these - George Washington Carver

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent - Eleanor Roosevelt

There are two types of people. Those we who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are" - Frederick L Collins

Let the efforts of us all, prove that he [Martin Luther King] was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace being more precious than diamonds or silver or gold - Nelson Mandela (Nobel Peace Prize lecture, 1993)

The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food - Russian proverb

Why are the poor poor? Better to ask "Why are the rich rich?" - unknown

The next time you feel like complaining, remember that your garbage disposal probably eats better than 30 percent of the people in the world - Robert Orben

The sickness of the individual is ultimately caused by and sustained by the sickness of his civilization - Herbert Marcuse

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind - Charles L. Lucas

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age? - Erich Fromm

At the end of the game the king and the pawn go back in the same box - Italian proverb

To the world you may be just somebody, but to somebody you may just be the world - unknown

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