If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won't cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.
Interpretation
Practicing kindness is free and can become a daily habit.
This quote emphasizes the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of being kind and considerate. By suggesting that if one can manage to be kind for just a day, they can extend that kindness indefinitely, it encourages individuals to take immediate action to improve their interactions and relationships, thereby creating a positive ripple effect in their community.
In practice
In a motivational speech about community service.
When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns.
Never let yourself think that because God has given you many things to do for Himpressing routine jobs, a life full up with duties and demands of a very practical sort---that all these need separate you from communion with Him. God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament; however unexpected its outward form may be receive Him in every sight and sound, joy, pain, opportunity and sacrifice.
Barking dogs may occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot!
Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.
The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth.
Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor study suffices.
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