If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.

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"...if we are open and we prepare for promoting dialogue and love, and a better understanding of each other, and tolerance and so forth, that's what the world will become, a more tolerant, loving place."

- Russell Simmons

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"You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done."

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"Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self."

- Russell Simmons

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"No matter what we’ve done or where we’ve been, every single one of us can change."

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"If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you’re going to get, you become a more successful person."

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"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone."

- Charles M. Schulz

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"Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."

- Dale Evans

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"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."

- Peg Bracken

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"As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

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"For it is in giving that we receive."

- Francis of Assisi

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