Dedication of one, has benefited many...

"It was their individuality 

combined with the shyness of their behavior 

that remained the most captivating impression 

of this first encounter with the greatest of the great apes."

– Dian Fossey

Dr. Dian Fossey, would have reached her 82nd  birthday on Jan, 16, 2014. With the anniversary of her untimely death on Dec. 26, 1985...

What can  O N E  P E R S O N  do?

Her dedication of research has benefited many and is ongoing, even today.

Dian Fossey was a zoologist best known for researching the endangered gorillas of the Rwandan mountain forest from the 1960s to the '80s, and for her mysterious murder.

To learn more about Dian and the ongoing preservation of gorilla's, & how you can help 

by adopting a gorilla, please visit here: 

http://gorillafund.org/news--events/news_131220_dian-fossey-birthday-remembrance

Gratitude is Attitude...in Action!

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, 

we shall find compensation 

in every disappointment.”

~Henry David Thoreau

Balance the Responsibility...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, 

and the whole world will be clean. 

~ Goethe

What People Say vs. What People Do...

The older I get 

the less I listen to what people say 

and the more I look at what they do. 

~ Andrew Carnegie

FULL-TIME PHILANTHROPIST

When Carnegie retired from business in 1901, he set about in earnest to distribute his fortune. In addition to libraries, he provided hundreds of church organs to local communities.  Carnegie's wealth helped to establish numerous colleges, schools, nonprofit organizations and associations both in his adopted country, as well as in Scotland and throughout the globe. His most significant contribution, both in terms of money and in terms of enduring influence, was the establishment of several endowed trusts or institutions bearing his name.

By the time of his death in 1919, Andrew Carnegie had given away about $350 million, but the legacy of his generosity continues to unfold in the work of the trusts and institutions that he endowed.

Very interesting read!  Please continue to enjoy here:  http://carnegie.org/about-us/foundation-history/about-andrew-carnegie/

What's better than good?

Aim above morality. Be not simply good;

be good for something.

~Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817 and died there in 1862, at the age of forty-four.

To continue reading, please visit:

 http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thoreau/

TRUE Wealth $?

True wealth

is what you carry

on the inside.

~Kim Franklin-Magana

Believe in Miracles!

Miracles happen to those who believe in them. 

~Bernard Berenson

Virtue...

Virtue, 

like art, 

constantly deals with what is hard to do, 

and the harder the task the better the success.

~Aristotle

An exerpt from Wikipedia:
Virtue is a behavior showing a high moral standard and is a pattern of thought and behavior based on high moral standards. Virtues can be placed into a broader context of values. Each individual has a core of underlying values that contribute to his or her system of beliefs, ideas and/or opinions (see value in semiotics). Integrity in the application of a value ensures its continuity and this continuity separates a value from beliefs, opinion and ideas. In this context, a value (e.g., Truth or Equality or Creed) is the core from which we operate or react. Societies have values that are shared among many of the participants in that culture. An individual's values typically are largely, but not entirely, in agreement with his or her culture's values.
Individual virtues can be grouped into one of four categories of values:

• Ethics (virtue - vice, good - evil, moral - immoral - amoral, right - wrong)
• Aesthetics (unbalanced, pleasing)
• Doctrinal (political, ideological, religious or social beliefs and values)
• Innate/inborn