A Quote by Thomas Jefferson

I prefer to be remembered for what I have done for others, not what others have done for me.

Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson
American - President
April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826

To claim - to claim repeatedly - that you are innocent of what it is claimed by others that you have done, or might have done, or are in some quarters strongly suspected of having done, is never enough unless others, numerous others, will say it for you.

Joyce Carol Oates

I understand true life doesn't happen when I constantly gaze backwards, mulling over all the injustices others have done or I have done to others.

Mary E. DeMuth

Do not look at the faults of what others have done or not done; observe what you yourself have done or not done.

Gautama Buddha

Do not think about whatever service you may have done for others; think about what you may have done to offend them. Don't forget what others have done for you; forget what others have done to offend you.

Zicheng Hong

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

Gautama Buddha

True greatness means that, even if you forget what you've done for others, you never forget what others have done for you. It means always doing your utmost to repay debts of gratitude. Such people radiate integrity, depth of character, bigheartedness and charm.

Josei Toda

We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others’ generosity to meanness. And who is there among us who does not prefer tolerance, respect and forgiveness of our failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment?

Dalai Lama

Public business must always be done by somebody. It will be done by somebody or other. If wise man decline, others will not; if honest man refuse it, others will not.

John Adams

We prefer humility in others - and if we prefer it in others - we can soon prefer it in ourselves.

Frederick Lenz

Put others before yourself, unselfish love, do unto others as you would have done to you.

Jessica Chastain

I never get tired of hearing the great testimonies of people whom God has touched. I pray that the changes God has done in me will then be done in others.

Joyce Meyer

A Winner's Blueprint for Achievement BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while others are delaying. PREPARE while others are daydreaming. BEGIN while others are procrastinating. WORK while others are wishing. SAVE while others are wasting. LISTEN while others are talking. SMILE while others are frowning. COMMEND while others are criticizing. PERSIST while others are quitting.

William Arthur Ward

Focusnot on the rudeness of others,not on what they've done or left undone,but on what you have done and have not doneyourself.

Gautama Buddha

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.

Henry Fielding

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Albert Pike

If your're not having a very good time with your life, its because you haven't done much for others. You may have done many things but you havent done much for those around you.

Frederick Lenz

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