As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
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As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The really important kind of freedom involves...being able truly to care about other people...
There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.
There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.
No one has ever become poor by giving.
TODAY can be a healthy unusual day for you-and for others-if you take time to give someone a smile . . . to express a word of kindness . . . to lend a helping hand to someone in need . . . ..to write a note of gratitude . . . to give a word of encouragement to someone who is temporarily overcome with problems . . . to share a portion of your material possessions with others.
Heal the world! Stop the hate. Lend a helping hand to those in need.
We should practice by showing one another love and helping one another. It is a mistake to pursue happiness and to seek to the avoid suffering by deceiving and humiliating other people. We must try to achieve happiness and eliminate suffering by being good-hearted and well-behaved.
This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.
It is our duty to prefer the service of the poor to everything else and to offer such service as quickly as possible. If a needy person requires medicine or other help during prayer time, do whatever has to be done with peace of mind. Offer the deed to God as your prayer.... Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Cynicism is just an excuse for not helping.
If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.
There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.
Do not blame any supernatural being, neither be hopeless and despondent, nor think we are in a place from which we can never escape unless someone comes and lends us a helping hand.
You never know when a helping hand will change another person's entire life.
You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself.
I never have felt that people should feel that they are better than others, simply because they just happen to possess a larger share of material items and monetary wealth than others less fortunate. I believe in sharing, assisting, and just lending a helping hand to people.
True faith, a simple life, a helping hand- the three things prized most in Heaven.
The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
One of the greatest barriers to connection is the cultural importance we place on "going it alone." Somehow we've come to equate success with not needing anyone. Many of us are willing to extend a helping hand, but we're very reluctant to reach out for help when we need it ourselves. It's as if we've divided the world into "those who offer help" and "those who need help." The truth is that we are both.
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