There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
When we are certain that the way to accomplish our own wishes is to help others, we have no regrets.
—Sakyong Mipham (b.1962) Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader, Teacher, Lama
Things of the spirit differ from things material in that the more you give the more you have.
—Christopher Morley (1890–1957) American Novelist, Essayist
Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty.
—Bill Clinton (b.1946) American Head of State, Lawyer, Public Speaker
In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator
If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today.
—Stephen Girard (1750–1831) French-born American Financier, Philanthropist
Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor… let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eye, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
If we could all hear one another’s prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burdens.
—Ashleigh Brilliant (b.1933) British Cartoonist, Author
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-born American Philosopher, Poet, Painter, Theologian, Sculptor
Sometime in your life, hope that you might see one starved man, the look on his face when the bread finally arrives. Hope that you might have baked it or bought or even kneaded it yourself. For that look on his face, for your meeting his eyes across a piece of bread, you might be willing to lose a lot, or suffer a lot, or die a little, even.
—Daniel Berrigan (b.1921) American Catholic Poet, Peace Activist, Priest
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
—Hubert Humphrey (1911–78) American Head of State, Politician
Act as though what you do makes a difference. It does.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
In this world we must help one another.
—Jean de La Fontaine (1621–95) French Poet, Short Story Writer
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
—Arabic Proverb
Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.
—Jesse Jackson (b.1941) American Baptist Civil Rights Activist, Minister
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
—Edith Wharton (1862–1937) American Novelist, Short-story Writer
A good example has twice the value of good advice.
—Unknown
Advising is easier than helping.
—German Proverb
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
—Albert Pike (1809–91) American Masonic Scholar, Orator, Jurist
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
—John Wooden (1910–2010) American Sportsperson
When you dig another out of their troubles, you find a place to bury your own.
—Unknown
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
—Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) Swiss Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of the world is not.
—Wilfred Grenfell (1865–1940) Canadian Humanitarian, Doctor
Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
—Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814–80) American Preacher, Poet
Usefulness is happiness, and… all other things are but incidental.
—Lydia Maria Child (1802–80) American Abolitionist, Writer