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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”
    Mahatma Gandhi

  • #2
    William Shakespeare
    “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.”
    William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

  • #3
    Marcus Aurelius
    “If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”
    Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

  • #4
    Leo Tolstoy
    “There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.”
    Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

  • #5
    Jeanne DuPrau
    “When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.”
    Jeanne DuPrau , The People of Sparks

  • #6
    Gautama Buddha
    “Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.

    [Verse 223]”
    Siddhārtha Gautama, The Dhammapada

  • #7
    Justin Cronin
    “Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.”
    Justin Cronin, The Summer Guest

  • #8
    Louisa May Alcott
    “Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.”
    Louisa May Alcott, Little Men

  • #9
    Gordon B. Hinckley
    “You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others… In this world so filled with problems, so constantly threatened by dark and evil challenges, you can and must rise above mediocrity, above indifference. You can become involved and speak with a strong voice for that which is right.”
    Gordon B. Hinckley

  • #10
    Dalai Lama XIV
    “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.”
    Dalai Lama XIV



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