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Quotes about Helping Others
You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you
— John Wooden
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books — especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.
— John Wooden
The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.
— Albert Schweitzer
My neighbor is every person, especially those who need my help, as Christ explained in the tenth chapter of Luke. Even if a person has done me some wrong, or has hurt me in any way, he is still a human being with flesh and blood. As long as a person remains a human being, so long is he to be an object of our love.
— Martin Luther
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.
— Michelle Obama
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
— Mother Teresa
If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one.
— Mother Teresa
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
— Mother Teresa
I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.
— Muhammad Ali
When people who are in authority in our lives make a mistake and we are there to help them fix it, that expression of kindness allows them to accept what they did as wrong instead of needing to justify or blame. It endears them to us, and the light of Jesus Christ is clearly seen in us. The next time we give our opinion, we can be sure they will give it greater consideration because we have earned the right to be heard.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
If sympathy is all that human beings need, then the Cross of Christ is an absurdity and there is absolutely no need for it. What the world needs is not "a little bit of love," but major surgery. If you think you are helping lost people with your sympathy and understanding, you are a traitor to Jesus Christ. You must have a right-standing relationship with Him yourself, and pour your life out in helping others in His way— not in a human way that ignores God.
— Oswald Chambers