Top 40 Eddie Jaku Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “May you always have lots of love to share, Lots of good health to spare, And lots of good friends who care.”

— Eddie Jaku

2. “Happiness does not fall from the sky; it is in your hands. Happiness comes from inside yourself and from the people you love. And if you are healthy and happy, you are a millionaire. And happiness is the only thing in the world that doubles each time you share it.”

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3. “Shared sorrow is half sorrow; shared pleasure is double pleasure.”

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4. “With a simple act of kindness, you can save another person from despair, and that might just save their life. And this is the greatest miracle of all.”

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5. “In my mind, this is really the best revenge, and it is the only revenge I am interested in – to be the happiest man on Earth.”

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6. “Hate is the beginning of a disease, like cancer. It may kill your enemy, but it will destroy you in the process too. Don’t blame others for your misfortunes. No one has ever said that life is easy, but it is easier if you love it. If you hate your life, it becomes impossible to live. This is why I try to be kind.”

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7. “There are many things in this world that no amount of money will buy you, and some things priceless beyond measure. Family first, family second, and family at the last.”

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8. “It is never too late to be kind, polite, and a loving human being.”

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9. “Your efforts today will affect people you will never know. It is your choice whether that effect is positive or negative. You can choose every day, every minute, to act in a way that may uplift a stranger, or else drag them down. The choice is easy. And it is yours to make.”

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10. “There are always miracles in the world, even when it seems dark.”

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11. “Here is what I learned. Happiness does not fall from the sky; it is in your hands. Happiness comes from inside yourself and from the people you love. And if you are happy and healthy, you are a millionaire.”

— Eddie Jaku

12. “Vriendelijkheid is de grootste weelde die er bestaat. Kleine, vriendelijke daden duren langer dan een leven.”

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13. “Don’t blame others for your misfortunes. No one has ever said that life is easy, but it is easier if you love it. If you hate your life, it becomes impossible to live.”

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14. “Perhaps you do not love your job, or you work with difficult people. You are still doing important things, contributing your own small piece to the world we live in. We must never forget this. Your efforts today will affect people you will never know. It is your choice whether that effect is positive or negative. You can choose every day, every minute, to act in a way that may uplift a stranger, or else drag them down. The choice is easy. And it is yours to make.”

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15. “A friend is someone who reminds you to feel alive.”

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16. “What I have to share is not my pain. What I share is my hope.”

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17. “If you are lucky enough to have money and a nice house, you can afford to help those who don’t,’ he would tell me. ‘This is what life is all about. To share your good fortune.”

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18. “Why argue with the people you love? Go out on the street, stop a person littering and argue with them.”

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19. “It is the duty of the fortunate to help those who are suffering and that it is better to give than to receive. There are always miracles in the world, even when all seems hopeless. When there are no miracles, you can make them happen. With a simple act of kindness you can save another person from despair and that may just save their life. And this is the greatest miracle of all.”

— Eddie Jaku

20. “I promised when I came out of the darkest hours of my life that I would be happy for the rest of my life and smile, because if you smile, the world smiles with you. Life is not always happiness. Sometimes, there are many hard days. But you must remember that you are lucky to be alive – we are all lucky in this way. Every breath is a gift. Life is beautiful if you let it be. Happiness is in your hands.”

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21. “Here are the lines I try to live by, and which I like to include when I speak publicly: May you always have lots of love to share, Lots of good health to spare, And lots of good friends who care.”

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22. “If enough people had stood up then, on Kristallnacht, and said, ‘Enough! What are you doing? What is wrong with you?’ then the course of history would have been different. But they did not. They were scared. They were weak. And their weakness allowed them to be manipulated into hatred.”

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23. “I never lost sight of what it was to be civilised. I knew that there would be no point surviving if I had to become an evil man to do it.”

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24. “Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of unified Germany, once warned the world to watch out for the German people. With a good leader, they were the greatest nation on Earth. With a bad leader, they were monsters.”

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25. “A field is empty, but if you put in the effort to grow something then you will have a garden. And that’s life. Give something, something will come back. Give nothing, nothing will come back. To grow a flower is a miracle: it means you can grow more. Remember that a flower is not just a flower, it is the start of a whole garden.”

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26. “There is no medicine for your morals. If your morals are gone, you go.”

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27. “My father used to say to me there is more pleasure in giving than in taking, that the important things in life – friends, family, kindness – are far more precious than money. A man is worth more than his bank account.”

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28. “I brought you into this world because I wanted to love you. You owe me nothing but that. All I need from you is your affection and respect.”

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29. “There are always miracles in the world, even when all seems hopeless. And when there are no miracles, you can make them happen. With a simple act of kindness, you can save another person from despair, and that might just save their life. And this is the greatest miracle of all.”

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30. “You don’t want to fall in love with a reflection of yourself! A strong partnership is with a man or a woman who is different from you, who challenges you to try new things, to become a better person.”

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31. “Hate is the beginning of a disease, like cancer. It may kill your enemy, but it will destroy you in the process too.”

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32. “You see, your food is not enough. There is no medicine for your morals. If your morals are gone, you go.”

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33. “If you have the opportunity today, please go home and tell your mother how much you love her. Do this for your mother. And do it for your new friend, Eddie, who cannot tell it to his mother.”

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34. “Kindness is the greatest wealth of all. Small acts of kindness last longer than a lifetime. This lesson, that kindness and generosity and faith in your fellow man are more important than money, is the first and greatest lesson my father ever taught me. And in this way he will always be with us, and always live forever.”

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35. “You have to try to be happy with what you’ve got. Life is wonderful if you’re happy. Don’t look on the other side of the fence. You will never be happy if you look at your neighbour and make yourself sick with jealousy.”

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36. “I promised when I came out of the darkest hours of my life that I would be happy for the rest of my life and smile, because if you smile, the world smiles with you.”

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37. “I still can’t understand how people with whom I went to work, with whom I studied and played sport, could become animals like that. How was it that Hitler could make enemies of friends, turn civilised men into inhuman zombies? How is it possible to create such hate?”

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38. “If you are not free in your heart, don’t take away your children’s freedom. I always tell my children, ‘I brought you into this world because I wanted to love you. You owe me nothing but that. All I need from you is your affection and respect.’ This is what I’m proud of – my family is my achievement.”

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39. “Why argue with the people you love? Go out on the street, stop a person littering and argue with them. There are a million better people to argue with.”

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40. “Als je het opgeeft, als je zegt dat er niets meer is om voor te leven, houd je het niet lang meer vol. Waar leven is, daar is hoop. En waar hoop is, daar is leven.”

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41. “Het belangrijkste wat ik ooit heb geleerd is het volgende: het mooiste wat je ooit zult meemaken, is dat een ander van je houdt. Zonder vriendschap is een mens verloren. Een vriend is iemand die je doet beseffen dat je leeft.”

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42. “Toen ik uit de meest duistere uren van mijn leven tevoorschijn kwam, nam ik me voor om de rest van mijn leven gelukkig te zijn, met een glimlach op mijn gezicht, want als je glimlacht, lacht de wereld met je mee. Het leven bestaat niet altijd uit geluk. Soms zijn er vele zware dagen. Maar je moet beseffen dat je geluk hebt dat je leeft – zo hebben we allemaal geluk. Elke ademteug is een cadeau. Het leven is prachtig als je dat toelaat. Je hebt het geluk in eigen hand.”

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43. “Een veld is leeg, maar als je je best doet om er iets in te laten groeien, krijg je een tuin. En zo is het leven. Geef iets en er komt iets terug. Geef niets en er zal niets terugkomen. Het is een wonder om een bloem te laten groeien: het houdt in dat je er meer kunt laten opkomen. Besef dat een bloem niet slechts een bloem is, maar het begin van een hele tuin.”

— Eddie Jaku