Literature Review

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. ~ Albert Schweitzer

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands — one for helping yourself, the other for helping others. ~ Audrey Hepburn

Volunteering is at the very core of being human. No one has made it through life without some else's help. ~ Heather French Henry

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

With the story of your life, you don't get to write the whole book, just your character. ~ Olivia Munn

It's April 15, tax day. The federal tax code is over 74,000 pages long. But stick with it because after page 72,000, it gets really good. ~ Conan O'Brien

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected." ~ Steve Jobs

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. ~ Albert Schweitzer

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. ~ Albert Einstein

Not everything that can be counted counts.Not everything that counts can be counted.~ by William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)Quote used by Dr. Bill Hoy 4/5/25 as a keynote for the 2025 Association for Death Education and Counseling Conference (ADEC). Dr. Hoy is a faithful reader of this newsletter. Thanks, Bill!

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.  ~Willie Nelson

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really are those who will have sought and found how to serve. ~ Albert Schweitzer

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly. ~ Anatole France