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.
Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble
Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.
When you sing that this country was founded on freedom, don't forget the duet of shackles dragging against the ground my entire life.
The Prophet is bound to report the truth occasionally," said Dumbledore, "if only accidentally.
Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is a person who understand, values and develops her body, finding it beautiful and useful; a person who is real and is willing to take risks, to be creative, to manifest competence, to change when the situation calls for it, and to find ways to accommodate to what is new and different, keeping that part of the old that is still useful and discarding what is not.
I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work.
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