Whoever is in the distress can call me. I will come running wherever they are.
—Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97) English Royal, Humanitarian, Peace Activist
So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.
—Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97) English Royal, Humanitarian, Peace Activist
It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
The race of mankind would perish, did they cease to aid each other. From the time that the mother binds the child’s head till the moment that some kind assistant wipes the death-damp from the brow of the dying, we cannot exist without mutual help. All, therefore, that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-mortals; no one who holds the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
—Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Lawyer
There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep defect, a want, in brief, a need, a crying need, somewhere about that man.
—Herman Melville (1819–91) American Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Poet
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God—the rest will be given.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
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.
—John Steinbeck (1902–68) American Novelist, Short Story Writer, Journalist
To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required — not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
I’ve always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way.
—Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97) English Royal, Humanitarian, Peace Activist
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) (c.250–184 BCE) Roman Comic Playwright
Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.
—John Ruskin (1819–1900) English Writer, Art Critic
Fool that I was, upon my eagle’s wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
If my daughter, Liza, wants to become an actress, I’ll do everything to help her.
—Judy Garland (1922–69) American Actress, Singer
The needs of a human being are sacred. Their satisfaction cannot be subordinated either to reasons of state, or to any consideration of money, nationality, race, or color, or to the moral or other value attributed to the human being in question, or to any consideration whatsoever.
—Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist
Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.
—Phillips Brooks (1835–93) American Episcopal Clergyman, Author
HELP = H(umor), E-go, edging God out, L-istening, P-urpose
—Ken Blanchard (b.1939) American Author, Management Expert
We all need each other.
—Leo Buscaglia (1924–98) American Motivational Speaker
Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
—George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish Novelist, Lecturer, Poet
To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
—Baruch Spinoza (1632–77) Dutch Philosopher, Theologian
Slow help is no help.
—Common Proverb
To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
These unhappy times call for the building of plans that build from the bottom up and not from the top down, that put their faith once more in the forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) American Head of State, Lawyer
He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
—Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–99) American Lawyer, Orator, Agnostic
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.
—Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97) English Royal, Humanitarian, Peace Activist
It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.
—Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist
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