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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. — John Kennedy, 1917-1963, American President [1961-1963] 10 likes | |
It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself. — Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher 8 likes | |
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 5 likes | |
It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 4 likes | |
A man only has the right to look down at another when he helps him to lift himself up. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer 4 likes | |
Be helpful, even if it compromises you. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 3 likes | |
No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 3 likes | |
But there is a very definite point beyond which we can not go. We can only help those who help themselves. — Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933, American President [1923-1929] 2 likes | |
You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want. — Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer 2 likes | |
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue. | |
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary | |
The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself. | |
Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible, but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats. | |
Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life. | |
A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones. | |
If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary | |
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary | |
The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth. | |
The only person to get even with are those who have helped you. | |
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. | |
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. | |
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. |
Bible Quotes
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. — Gospel of Matthew ‐ 11:28 5 likes |
Funny Quotes
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 10 likes |
Ancient Greek
We must help the poor, not encourage idleness. Απορίαν γαρ δει βοηθείν, ουκ αργίαν εφοδιάζειν. — Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher 5 likes |
Proverbs
A man who cannot harm, cannot help either. 3 likes | |
Help yourself and heaven will help you. 2 likes | |
Who expects the bowl of others makes a poor dinner. 2 likes |
Movie Quotes
The list is an absolute good. The list is life. — from the film Schindler’s List (1993) 6 likes | |
- Easy Miss, I've got ya. - You've got ME? Who's got YOU? — from the film Superman. The Movie (1978) 4 likes | |
May the Force be with you. — from the film Star Wars (1977) 4 likes |