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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“Altruism is the highest form of self-interest.” — Unknown

“No one has ever become poor by giving.” — Anne Frank

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“In giving, we receive the most.” — Unknown

“True happiness is found in the joy of giving.” — Unknown

“He who serves the best gets the most.” — Unknown

“The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.” — Hada Bejar

“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” — Muhammad Ali

“The heart that gives, gathers.” — Tao Te Ching

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” — Mark Twain

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” — Winston Churchill

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” — Unknown

“The only thing you take with you when you’re gone is what you leave behind.” — John Allston

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” — Mark Twain

“It is not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.” — Mother Teresa

“Altruism is the compass that guides the soul.” — Unknown

“The greatest gift you can give someone is your own happiness.” — Unknown

“When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.” — Harold Kushner

“Generosity is not about how much you give, but how much love you put into giving.” — Unknown

“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” — Samuel Johnson

“The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.” — Robert Baden-Powell

“Your greatness is not what you have, it’s what you give.” — Unknown

“We rise by lifting others.” — Robert Ingersoll

“Altruism is the only rational way to live.” — Ayn Rand

“The best way to help yourself is to help others.” — Unknown

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James

“A person’s true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.” — Unknown

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” — Mother Teresa

“The joy of living is the joy of giving.” — Unknown

“Altruism is the seed from which a better world grows.” — Unknown

“The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them away.” — Unknown

“Service to others is the essence of a life well lived.” — Unknow

“The greatest act of kindness is to give without expectation.” — Unknown

“When you give, you receive the joy of giving.” — Unknown

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” — John Bunyan

“A generous heart is always open.” — Unknown

“The highest form of wisdom is kindness.” — The Talmud

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