Quotes on Doing For Others

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

You only need a heart full of grace

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

What you do for yourself, you're doing for others, and what you do for others, you're doing for yourself.

What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself, will affect how you experience your world. In fact, it will transform how you experience the world. What you do for yourself, you’re doing for others, and what you do for others, you’re doing for yourself.

We sometimes emphasize the danger in a crisis without focusing on the opportunities that are there. We should feel a great sense of urgency because it is the most dangerous crisis we have ever faced, by far. But it also provides us with opportunities to do a lot of things we ought to be doing for other reasons anyway. And to solve this crisis we can develop a shared sense of moral purpose.