I always pass on good advice.  It is the only thing to do with it.  It is never of any use to oneself. mabel

People are fond of giving away what they need most themselves.

Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding effects on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

Aristotle called this land of attitude "enlightened selfishness." Zoroaster said, "Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness." And Benjamin Franklin summed it up very simply—"When you are good to others," said Franklin, "you are best to yourself.

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Every day do a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.

Let's remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude, but to give for the joy of giving.

individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage.

They are far more likely to return the favor.

Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving I experience my strength, my wealth, my power.

Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.

In all the ages, three-fourths of the support of the great charities has been conscience money.

Every day you have less reason Not to give yourself away.