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
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
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
No one will persist long in helping someone who will not help themselves.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
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
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
Slow help is no help.
—Common Proverb
Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
—George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish Novelist, Lecturer, Poet
It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
—Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–99) American Lawyer, Orator, Agnostic
Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
If my daughter, Liza, wants to become an actress, I’ll do everything to help her.
—Judy Garland (1922–69) American Actress, Singer
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
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
HELP = H(umor), E-go, edging God out, L-istening, P-urpose
—Ken Blanchard (b.1939) American Author, Management Consultant
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
We all need each other.
—Leo Buscaglia (1924–98) American Motivational Speaker
Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all. Almsgiving leaves a man just where he was before. Aid restores him to society as an individual worthy of all respect and not as a man with a grievance. Almsgiving is the generosity of the rich; social aid levels up social inequalities. Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.
—Eva Peron (1919–52) Argentinean Politician, Social Reformer
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