“Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind” is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images.
     
“You will be happier if you try to give people a bit of your heart rather than a piece of your mind” was printed in the Mitchell (IN) Tribune on July 16, 1959. “You will be happier if you try to give people a bit of your heart rather than a piece of your mind…” was printed in the Presbyterian Outlook (Richmond, VA) on March 4, 1985. Authorship is unknown.
     
“Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind” was posted on the newsgroup alt.friends on June 15. 2004. “Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind..Ritu Ghatourey” was posted on Twitter on June 2, 2014. Indian author Ritu Ghatourey is unlikely to have said it first because the saying had already been at least ten years old.
             
     
Newspapers.com
16 July 1959, Mitchell (IN) Tribune, pg. 2, col. 8:
You will be happier if you try to give people a bit of your heart rather than a piece of your mind.
     
4 March 1985, Presbyterian Outlook (Richmond, VA), Covenant Church Newsletter, pg. 3:
You will be happier if you try to give people a bit of your heart rather than a piece of your mind…
   
Google Books
14,000 Quips and Quotes for Speakers, Writers, Editors, Preachers, and Teachers
By E. C. McKenzie
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House
1990, ©1980
Pg. 232:
You will be happier if you will give people a bit of your heart rather than a piece of your mind.
 
Google Groups: alt.friends
Home Remedies
Cranky Cat
6/15/04
(...)
“Thought for the Day: Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind”
   
21 April 2005, Chicago (IL) Independent Bulletin, “Tales in the ‘Hood” by Griot Aaron Samuels, pg. 2:
A Thought For the Day: “Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.” Words to live by!
     
Google Books
The Friendship Book 2007:
A Thought for Each Day in 2007
By Francis Gay
London, UK: D. C. Thomson, Limited
2006
Pg. ?:
I CAME on these words in an old book and thought how well they apply to us every day of the week: “Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.”
 
Twitter
Linz DeFranco 🙊‏
@LinzDeFranco
Our days would be happier if we gave people a little bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.
12:31 AM - 16 Jul 2008
 
Twitter
Susan Samela Preston‏
@SusanPreston
“Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.”
~  unknown
11:13 AM - 5 Apr 2009
 
Facebook
Cory Booker
March 11, 2014 ·
“Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind”
     
Twitter
Julia Jovone‏
@juliajovone
Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind..
Ritu Ghatourey
11:35 AM - 2 Jun 2014
 
Twitter
TheSingleWoman‏
@TheSingleWoman
Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind. ~Unknown #TheSW
12:01 PM - 11 Nov 2014
 
Google Books
Understand and Overcome Gambling Addiction
By Trung Nguyen
Edmonton, Alberta: EnCognitive.com
2016
Pg. ?:
“Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.” —Naturalopist
 
Google Books
Kindness Boomerang:
How to Save the World (and Yourself) Through 365 Daily Acts
By Orly Wahba
New York, NY: Flatiron Books
2016
Pg. ?:
Quote: “Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.” ~Ritu Ghatourey
 
Odyssey
Apr 25, 2016 // At St Ambrose University
Kairos Quotes That You Need To Hear Again
God is love, and where love is present, God is present
Erin Blackburn
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13. Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.