“You don't have to be a billionaire to believe you can make a difference. Give your resources to a charity and volunteer in your community.”
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“In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.”
― Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
― Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
“Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“You are only given one life, one chance at fully living it...take risks, believe in your dreams, explore the world and her people, live out loud!”
― Philanthropic Wanderlust
― Philanthropic Wanderlust
“He was a simple honest man. He never strayed,
He never drank, he never smoked, and he never kissed a maid.
And when he passed away his insurance was denied,
Because he never lived, they claimed he never died.”
― A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness & a Trove of Letters Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression
He never drank, he never smoked, and he never kissed a maid.
And when he passed away his insurance was denied,
Because he never lived, they claimed he never died.”
― A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness & a Trove of Letters Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression
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