David

“Success doesn’t measure a human being, effort does.”
― Adam M. Grant, Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

“There’s a catch: as people get richer, they give more money in total, but they give smaller fractions of their annual income. In one study, psychologists demonstrated that merely thinking about socioeconomic status is enough to change the amount of charitable giving that we think is appropriate. When people thought about themselves as somewhere in the middle of the wealth ladder, they felt obligated to give 4.65 percent of their annual income to charity. But when they imagined themselves at the top of the ladder, they only reported an obligation to give 2.9 percent of their annual income to charity.”
― Adam M. Grant, Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

“The thing about credit is that it’s not zero-sum. There’s room for everybody, and you’ll shine if other people are shining.”
― Adam M. Grant, Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success

“I cared about you too much,” said Dumbledore simply. “I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth,”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix