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.
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
A long visit to a friend is often a great bore. Never make people twice glad.
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
I let the dog out, or I let him in, and we talk some. I let him know I like him, and he lets me know he likes me.
A generous friend gives life for a friend let's rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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