The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
Interpretation
Giving generously brings lasting joy to the giver.
This quote emphasizes the idea that acts of kindness and generosity not only benefit others but also create a lasting sense of fulfillment and joy for the giver. Just as the scent of a rose lingers on the hand that offers it, the positive effects of altruistic behavior remain with those who choose to give rather than take.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of community service.
There is very little moral mixture in the 'Antislavery' feeling of this country. A great deal is abstract philanthropy; part is hatred of slaveholders; a great part is jealousy for white labor, very little is consciousness of wrong done and the wish to right it.
I think that to have known one good, old man-one man, who, through the chances and mischances of a long life, has carried his heart in his hand, like a palm-branch, waving all discords into peace-helps our faith in God, in ourselves, and in each other more than many sermons
Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind.
There's no shortage of remarkable ideas, what's missing is the will to execute them.
I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons.
I'm always trying to tackle subjects that tax me and make me think. That's the key to staying young at heart. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body.
The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night.
You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer.
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
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