Quotes on Helping Others

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

They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions. And only by respecting natural life can humanity continue to exist.

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

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change, even if they behave negatively. Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.

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

God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.

What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.

Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but there also is a level of stability because you are voluntarily accepting pain. It gives you a sense of confidence.

The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others.

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

Cynicism is just an excuse for not helping.

The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

In the poor and outcast we see Christ’s face; by loving and helping the poor, we love and serve Christ.