Quotes on Helping Others

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

What you give to help others, builds them up enough that they are able to give to others. It's a cycle that can continue on long after you're dead and gone.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.

When I was a boy I used to think that STRONG meant having big muscles, great physical power; but the longer I live, the more I realize that real strength has much more to do with what is NOT seen. Real strength has to do with helping others.

Real strength has to do with helping others.

If you want to achieve your goals, help others achieve theirs.

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. Few things in life are better than seeing people realize their potential. If you invest in people by helping individuals improve themselves, showing them the way to their “right place”, they will never be the same again. And neither will you. It is impossible to help others without helping yourself.

The only way to reach the mountain peaks of life is to forget about self and help other people reach greater heights.

Do something you really love in the most adventurous place you can and make sure it helps other people.

When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I'll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don't have. I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.

To get what you want help others get what they want

Every morning when I wake up, I dedicate myself to helping others to find peace of mind. Then, when I meet people, I think of them as long term friends; I don't regard others as strangers.

There's a fine line between helping others and being a people pleaser, and mistaking one for the other can be hugely detrimental. When we put others' needs before our own, we deplete our energy, which can lead to depression, physical illness, and overwhelm.

Giving up attachment to the world does not mean that you set yourself apart from it. Generating a desire for others to be happy increases your humanity. As you become less attached to the world, you become more humane. As the very purpose of spiritual practice is to help others, you must remain in society.

Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.

Discover this mystery: as you help others face their days, you put life into your own. And life is exactly what many people need.

The easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want.

To help others develop, start with yourself.

I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.