Louise Brooks Quotes

It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost.

Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.

We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

Give up as much as you're willing to receive back and give yourself, if that makes any sense. Whatever that is, don't expect more from a person than what you're willing to give, but give it knowing that you're giving it - it's been given, so don't expect anything else.

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take.

I think the most surprising thing about giving is it takes a while to find out what you're really interested in and what you really want to do.

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

I pray for humility, honestly, because it's very easy to be caught up in this world.

My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided me throughout my life.

Most disciplines invite us to more mindfulness, and more contentment. Not by consuming more externally, but by harvesting more from within, and by sharing more without. Neurosciences and behavioural sciences increasingly corroborate this ancient wisdom - joy can come from giving, and unlimited happiness from bonhomie.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Sometimes you have to take the focus off of you and put it on someone else and it's funny what you can accomplish and how much strength you really have.

The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly, or mean.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I'll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don't have. I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.

When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.

It's only the giving that makes you what you are.

Money can't heal your heart. Money can't give you purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I want purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I want peace. I don't want arms and legs, I want to be a miracle for someone else.

The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.

Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances.