A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.
Interpretation
Helping others doesn't diminish our own light or success.
This quote emphasizes the idea that supporting and uplifting others does not detract from our own value or achievements. In fact, sharing our knowledge and kindness can create a brighter environment for everyone, fostering a sense of community and mutual support.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a motivational speech about teamwork.
The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false and to form a correct judgment between them.
I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared
βWe must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labor and in our amusements...if we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance.
A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber; it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of. There is so little real friendship in the world! β and unfortunately' (speaking low and tremulously) 'there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late.
I don't want to be your friend, baby. I am your friend.
And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
Just thinking about a friend makes you want to do a happy dance, because a friend is someone who loves you in spite of your faults.
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