Helping Others Quotes - Page 38

• Hail to the man who went through life always helping others, knowing no fear, and to whom aggressiveness and resentment are alien. Such is the stuff of which the great moral leaders are made.

  Albert Einstein

  Men, Knowing, Leader

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.189, Princeton University Press

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• Your greatest contribution to helping other people live their destiny is for you to live your own.

  Alan Cohen

  Destiny, People, Contribution

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• Self-improvement comes mainly from trying to help others.

  John Templeton

  Self, Trying, Improvement

  John Templeton (1998). “The Humble Approach: Scientists Discover God”, p.95, Templeton Foundation Press

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• Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need.

  Gillian Anderson

  Volunteer, Feelings, Empowerment

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  For it is in giving that we receive.

  Francis of Assisi

  Christmas, Greatness, Generosity

  Francis of Assisi (2017). “St. Francis of Assisi's Prayers”, p.72, Paper & Ink

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• The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

  Confucius

  Money, Business, Philosophical

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• 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.

  Emily Dickinson

  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

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• I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Blessed, Lucky, Enough

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• The love we give away is the only love we keep.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Love, Valentines Day, Kindness

  Elbert Hubbard, Felix Shay (1912). “The Fra: A Journal of Affirmation”

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• Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Cheer

  Elbert Hubbard (1908). “Health & Wealth”

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• The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

  Lee Iacocca

  Change, Positive, Uplifting

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• The idea of kids helping other kids is such a great way to introduce children to being involved in charitable causes and volunteer work, setting them on the path to doing good for others throughout their lives.

  Brandy Norwood

  Children, Kids, Ideas

  "Brandy named international youth spokesperson for UNICEF". www.mtv.com. July 29, 1999.

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• Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

  Ben Stein

  Motivational, Stars, Dirty

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• 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.

  Dalai Lama

  Pain, Giving, Feelings

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• When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to. We feel we're supposed to be better than we are in some way. But with this practice you take yourself completely as you are. Then ironically, taking in pain - breathing it in for yourself and all others in the same boat as you are heightens your awareness of exactly where you're stuck.

  Pema Chodron

  Spiritual, Pain, Thinking

  "Good Medicine For This World". Discussion at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, www.lionsroar.com. January 1, 1999.

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• Right from the moment of our birth, we are under the care and kindness of our parents, and then later on in our life when we are oppressed by sickness and become old, we are again dependent on the kindness of others. Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on other's kindness, how can it be in the middle that we would neglect kindness towards others?

  Dalai Lama

  Kindness, Parent, Beginnings And Ends

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• Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Wise, Heart, Men

  Elbert Hubbard (1922). “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard ...”

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• Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.

  Eric Maisel

  Brother, Life Is Too Short, Hands

  Eric Maisel (2000). “The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance”, p.249, Penguin

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• As my mother says, You give back, you don't give up. You can always choose to help others. If you do, it will change you.

  Susan Ford

  Mother, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.

  George Lucas

  Basketball, Pursuit Of Happiness, America

  "Cinematic Phenomenon". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 19, 1999.

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• I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their 'wisdom.' I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Believe, Thinking

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• Dear God, please help me to love and value myself, and treat myself with loving care. Please help me to know that I deserve happiness (as we all do), and that I have the right to change my life in healthful ways. Thank you for supporting me as I stand in my power, strength, and love in my relationships and in my career, and for helping others to accept and support the changes that I need to make.

  Doreen Virtue

  Careers, Support, Way

  FaceBook post by Doreen Virtue from Dec 27, 2011

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• Only those who see that the two sides of all phenomena, visible and invisible, are front and back or beginning and end of one reality can embrace any antagonistic situation, see its complementarity , and help others to do the same, thereby establishing peace and harmony.

  George Ohsawa

  Reality, Two Sides, Beginnings And Ends

  George Ohsawa (1984). “Macrobiotics: The Way of Healing”, p.55, George Ohsawa Macrobiotic

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• When we serve others, we serve ourselves. Do not think, I will help others - think rather, I will help my own, my world, because I cannot otherwise be happy.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Appreciation, Thinking, World

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• The fact that we are human beings is infinitely more important than all the peculiarities that distinguish human beings from one another.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  People, Humanity, Important

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