Helping Others Quotes - Page 4

• If we could all hear one another's prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burdens.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Prayer, Making A Difference, Might

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• Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?

  William Blake

  Sympathy, Peace, Grief

  'Songs of Innocence' (1789) 'On Another's Sorrow'

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

  Moliere

  Men, Doe, World

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• It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Success, Teamwork

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.372, Penguin

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• Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours”, p.15, Beacon Press

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• When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Quoted in Joseph P. Lash, Eleanor: The Years Alone (1972)

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  Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

  Edmund Burke

  Life, Courage, Time

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• It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

  Dalai Lama

  Being Yourself, Attitude, Heart

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.159, Shambhala Publications

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• Give help rather than advice.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Volunteer, Giving, Advice

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• Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

  Henry Ford

  Positive, Time, Money

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• Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.

  Norm Rice

  Inspirational, Light, Hands

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• I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to help young people

  Bo Ryan

  Basketball, Sports, Money

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

  Mother Teresa

  Butterfly, Being In Love, Hunger For Love

  Quoted in the Observer, 3 Oct 1971.

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• 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.

  Dorothy Height

  Inspiring, Strong, Volunteer

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• We are not here in this world to find elegant solutions, pregnant with initiative, or to serve the ways and modes of profitable progress. No, we are here to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and crippled than ourselves. That is our only certain good and great purpose on earth, and if you ask me about those insoluble economic problems that may arise if the top is deprived of their initiative, I would answer 'To hell with them.' The top is greedy and mean and will always find a way to take care of themselves. They always do.

  Michael Foot

  Mean, Common Purpose, Greed

  Michael Foot (1984). “Another heart and other pulses: the alternative to the Thatcher society”, HarperCollins

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• We are all in this world together, and the only test of our character that matters is how we look after the least fortunate among us. How we look after each other, not how we look after ourselves. That's all that really matters, I think.

  Tommy Douglas

  Character, Thinking, Together

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• How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

  Unknown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Dec 25, 2011

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• To me, being Australian is about looking after your mates, taking care of the less fortunate, supporting the underdog and enhancing the spirit that makes all Australians unique.

  Steve Waugh

  Unique, Support, Underdog

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• 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.

  Rosalynn Carter

  Caring, People, Four

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

  Euripides

  Love, Way, Ancient Greek

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”

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• Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Meaningful

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.231, Princeton University Press

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• It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Life, Hope

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

  Dalai Lama

  Cheating, Prayer, Reality

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.103, Penguin Books India

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• 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.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Giving

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• When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

  Maya Angelou

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.11, Bantam

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