Helping Others Quotations

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.

For it is in giving that we receive.

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.

Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a big supporter of many different charities, have donated millions of dollars to them, and it just feels great to do and be able to help others, especially children.

Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.

I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. That's what I do, too, so I think that's a great comparison.

I think that if you start teaching about giving back and helping other people young, that will be a given for your child their whole life.

I think I can help others just by my example.

Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up, and by so doing you will most effectually raise yourself up also.

Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.

I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others.

A leader's job is not to do the work for others; it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.

We are visual creatures. When you doodle an image that captures the essence of an idea, you not only remember it, but you also help other people understand and act on it - which is generally the point of meetings in the first place.

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.

Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.

One of the things we've always tried to do is help others with our story. Whether it's with the infertility issues, whether it's with the breast cancer, we said we're gonna turn these negatives into positives. And if we can help others by sharing our story, then it's worth it.

People with lower incomes tend to give a greater percentage of their incomes to help others and show greater empathy and compassion - perhaps because they know they might face the same circumstances.

Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.

To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.

As a youngster in the projects, I definitely didn't have anything. So if you get something, you want to be able to give back and help others.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

Everyone suffers some injustice in life, and what better motivation than to help others not suffer in the same way.

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.

Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

Do I feel any pressure as the most decorated Winter Olympian in American history? None at all. The only pressures that I know I face are those of how to pay it forward: How can I continually make a positive impact in people's lives, help others achieve their dreams, create their own Olympic mindset, creating champions within themselves?

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

My assignment is to take my situation and to use it to help others who feel hopeless and/or helpless because of loss.

You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.

I am willing to make any part of my life public, if it will help others.

To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

I want to help others 'think first' before diving into a pool or lake to prevent these types of life-changing accidents. I know I'm in a very fortunate minority and hope my story inspires both adults and children to be more careful.

So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts

I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.

I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.

I would say that social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people.

We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

The idea of kids helping other kids is such a great way to introduce children to being involved in charitable causes and volunteer work, setting them on the path to doing good for others throughout their lives.

We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others.

My favorite six words in recovery are: trust God, clean house, and help others.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.

In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.

My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.

I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love with writing and directing.

I want to create the largest-ever participatory art project and highlight the concept of Shadow Philanthropy, where people help others create work without taking credit for it - through this we can really change the world.

Also, because schools must teach the spirit of goodwill, the habit of helping others around you, every class should have this rule: students, if you bring software to class you may not keep it for yourself.

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

At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people.

Parents of recovered children, and I've met hundreds, all share the same experience of doubters and deniers telling us our child must have never even had autism or that the recovery was simply nature's course. We all know better, and frankly we're too busy helping other parents to really care.

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say.

Online business models are still evolving. New and different products and services pop up every day. This gives rise to supporting products and services. A business can make substantial profit by helping others execute their plans for making money.

As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others.

Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

I'd like to help other kids with dyslexia, because I'm dyslexic. It was very hard, and I know that what I went through, other kids are going through.

I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.

The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people creating funds and giving back in all sorts of productive ways. It's a terrifically satisfying thing.

I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

The more you get into any religion, it becomes the same. It really becomes how you treat other people and how you get outside yourself. How you look to help other people, and how you get out of this 'I, me, mine' type of thing.

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others.

Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.

The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

I feel everyone is put here for a reason. Everyone has a calling. I always thought my real calling was to help other people.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

If I weren't performing, I'd be a beauty editor or a therapist. I love creativity, but I also love to help others. My mother was a hairstylist, and they listen to everyone's problems - like a beauty therapist!

A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

There are lots of different interpretations of the word 'prodigy.' My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children. So in that respect I could be called one, although I don't think I'll go off the rails.

I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?

I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.