WIST Quotations

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler -- Poem (1901), “Give,” st. 3, New Thought Pastels (1906)

Dave — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 16:48:05 +0000

Give of thy gold, though small thy portion be.
Gold rusts and shrivels in the hand that keeps it.
It grows in one that opens wide and free.
Who sows his harvest is the one who reaps it.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
Poem (1901), “Give,” st. 3, New Thought Pastels (1906)
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Sophocles -- Ajax

Dave — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 18:37:51 +0000

TECMESSA: Kindness gives birth to kindness.

Sophocles (496–406 BC) Greek tragic playwright
Ajax

Other translations:

"For it is always kindness which breeds kindness." [tr. Garvie (1998), ll. 522-23]
"Kindness begets kindness." [tr. Golder & Pevear (1999), l. 584]
"'Tis kindness that still begets kindness." [tr. Jebb (1917), ll. 521-22]
"For kindness begets kindness evermore." [tr. Trevelyan (1919)]

Hock, Dee W. -- In M. Mitchell Waldrop, “Dee Hock on Management,” Fast Company (Oct/Nov 1996)

Dave — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:15:24 +0000

Make a careful list of all things done to you that you abhorred. Don’t do them to others, ever. Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others, always.

Dee W. Hock (1929–2022) American businessman
In M. Mitchell Waldrop, “Dee Hock on Management,” Fast Company (Oct/Nov 1996)

Wooden, John -- They Call Me Coach, ch. 8, epigram (1972)

Dave — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:44:40 +0000

You cannot live the perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball player and coach
They Call Me Coach, ch. 8, epigram (1972)
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