Margaret Heffernan Quotes

You must remember to love people and use things, rather than to love things and use people.

Love people, not things; use things, not people.

It is extremely ironic that the more we care about what people think about us the less we care about people, and the less we care about what people think about us the more we begin to care for others

People are more important than things.

You don't have to be one of the Elders. You don't have to be well known. You just have to be determined to care about people. That's all it takes.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.

I care more about who people are as a person and being around good people because when you leave the world, you're not going to be able to take the money.

I don't understand why people aren't a little more generous with each other.

One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.

Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.

One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.

We all have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend to remain dormant. We can develop them on the basis of common sense, common experience and scientific findings. The response to the recent tragedy in the Philippines is an example of how such values are awakened; people helped simply because others are suffering and in need of support.

No, I'm not clever. I've always cared more for people than for ideas.

Some people think that without that spark of empathy we would do nothing, but that's just flat-out wrong. You could feel compassion for somebody without the spark of empathy.

The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.

I suspect that the happiest people you know are the ones who work at being kind, helpful and reliable - and happiness sneaks into their lives while they are busy doing those things. It is a by-product, never a primary goal.

Show kindness whenever possible. Show it to the people in front of you, the people coming up behind you, and the people with whom you are running neck and neck. It will vastly improve the quality of your own life, the lives of others, and the state of the world.

Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in religion they neglect these inner values. But love and compassion are qualities that human beings require just to live together.

Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart.

More than anything, for me, is how people really still do care about you.

A woman not only takes her identity and individuality for granted, but knows instinctively that the only wrong is to hurt others, and that the meaning of life is love.

In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.

You can find people who have discovered the fact that it's really helping people, it's really being compassionate toward other human beings that makes you happy, that gives you a spiritual fulfillment - a kind of fulfillment that goes way beyond anything you can buy.

Give people not only your care, but also your heart.