104 Quotes About Caring-for-others

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.

Leadership is not being in charge, it is about taking care of people in your charge.

Parents expect only two things from their children, obedience in their childhood and respect in their adulthood.

Feeding an ant with love is better than feeding an elephant without

In Ojibwe and Cree culture, leadership didn't mean power; it meant caring.

I am not sure that you can be taught how to love. In many ways it is innate - just watch and see what small child effortlessly does. But you can be invited to it and reminded of it.

What is really important is not what we believe to be true in our heads, but what we know to be true in our hearts: love. In other words, if a person is loving and kind, that ought to be enough to connect with one another and work together for the sake of all of our children. We need to care about all human beings, all life on the planet, and the planet itself. That’s where we have to agree.

Giving one's partner first priority is a choice not an obligation. Under the right circumstances we tend to give more than others deserve. And when they don't appreciate it, that's okay; people are prone to take that which they are not entitled to for granted.

Sacrifice is when one selflessly gives up something in service or deed for the undeserving and expects nothing in return. It is selfish to desire anything from sacrifice. Selfishness in its honest form is just.