My purpose... to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy.
Juliette Gordon LowRead
To put yourself in another's place requires real imagination, but by doing so each Girl Scout will be able to love among others happily.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Empathy and imagination foster better relationships and happiness among individuals.
This quote emphasizes the importance of empathy and understanding in building relationships. By imagining oneself in another person's situation, individuals can foster deeper connections and maintain harmonious interactions, ultimately leading to greater happiness within communities, such as Girl Scouts.
Themes
EmpathyImaginationRelationshipsHappinessUnderstanding
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a team-building workshop to encourage coworkers to empathize with each other.
More from Juliette Gordon Low
All quotes βSimilar quotes
The wounded child inside many females is a girl who was taught from early childhood on that she must become something other than herself, deny her true feelings, in order to attract and please others.
Bell HooksRead
Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
St. JeromeRead
When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.
Taylor SwiftRead
My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.
Shakti GawainRead
I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each otherβs well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.
Bell HooksRead
You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.
Frances O'GradyRead