Frendship Improves Happiness

“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43); Roman orator

The Social Butterfly Effect is Real!

“I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, or over tip, smile  be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.”

Jonathan Carroll (born 1949); Author

Help your friend to grow a little

“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”

William Shakespeare (1564-1616); dramatist, poet

Do the small deeds

“Each of us can look back upon someone who made a great difference in our lives, someone whose wisdom or simple acts of caring made an impression upon us. In all likelihood it was someone who sought no recognition for their deed other than the joy of knowing that, by their hand, another's life had been made better.”

Stephen M. Wolf (born 1941); American businessman

No one is Useless

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”

Charles Dickens (1812-1870); novelist

Goodness is Always an Asset

“Goodness is always an asset. A man who is straight, friendly and useful may never be famous, but he is respected and liked by all who know him. He has laid a sound foundation for success and he will have a worthwhile life.”

–Herbert N. Casson

Be Good to Yourself

“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company."

--Charles Evans Hughes