Kelsang Gyatso Quotes

Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.

Everything we now enjoy has been provided through the kindness of other beings, past or present.

The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

I get excited about people doing stuff, and to whom I want to give. And I believe in giving back to people who have helped me and my family in the past. The key is getting excited.

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.

Whenever anybody comes to me with a way that I can give something back, it would be ungrateful at this point in my life to not say yes.

Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.

Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.

If someone gives you support, and there are no conditions attached, why shouldn't I accept it?

I just appreciate the support that I've gotten, and do what I can to garner support, is kind of my attitude.

Whether you're saying 'thank you' to friends, family members, customers, or a hiring manager who interviewed you for a job, the case in favor of gratitude is both altruistic and pragmatic.

When you help someone else, not only do they benefit, but you reaffirm to yourself that you have something of value to give them, and you help to strengthen and nurture a bond with an individual that you're helping.

I've always had to make sure I pay my blessings forward.

We've got a lot of friends. We take care of them because they take care of us.

One of the greatest gifts in life is giving time and giving love. It helps me to stay grateful and happy.

It's easy to give back to people who are so genuine and kind.

My dad always taught me that you have to be good to the next person all the time because one person is going to help another person.

A man seldom finds people unthankful, as long as he remains in a condition of benefiting them further.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?