William Feather Quotes

The better life rests less on the prohibitions of the Ten Commandments and more on the parable of the Good Samaritan and the Golden Rule.

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

I'm not a Starbucks guy. I'm a Dunkin Donuts guy, but I like to pay for the coffee of the other folks behind me in line. It typically costs me less than $10, and makes the other people feel good, but more importantly, it makes me feel so good, and random acts of kindness change the world one person at a time.

Anytime you see a bit where some stranger does something to me, it's me.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

The gods do not need sacrifices, so what might one do to please them? Acquire wisdom, it seems to me, and do all the good in one's power to those humans who deserve it.

To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.

A good deed is not just a duty, but above all, a privilege.

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.

A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on.

If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.

Doing charity work is always cool. It's always a good thing.

I love to give. I've been a giver all my life.

I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, and the good that I can do.

We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.

We will take the good-will for the deed..

Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.

Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.

When you do a good turn you feel rich, even if you are broke.

Some people don't know what to do with an act of kindness.

There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.