I love meeting people and helping them.
—Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97) English Royal, Humanitarian, Peace Activist
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American First Lady, Diplomat, Humanitarian
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
—Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist
In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind’s concern is charity.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another, without helping himself.
—Gamaliel Bailey (1807–59) American Journalist
My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person’s place.
—Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American Baptist Minister
My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That’s why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works.
—Tiger Woods (b.1975) American Sportsperson
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness—great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life-changing difference.
—Mark Victor Hansen (b.1948) American Public Speaker, Motivational Speaker, Writer
Never stop serving your customers. They’ll love you for it.
—Unknown
Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and to mankind is to bring up a family.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
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
Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is the water of life, which comes from selfless worship and service.
—The Bhagavad Gita Hindu Scripture
The only service that you can render God is to give expression to what he is trying to give to the world, through you. The only service you can render God is to make the very most of yourself in order that God may live in you to the utmost of your possibilities.
—Wallace Wattles (1860–1911) American New Thought Author
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Life is so unfair that one is more likely to get into some sort of trouble than be rewarded if one attempts to do a good deed; many times one spends time and resources to help someone only to be totally ignored with not so much as a thank you.
—Dero A. Saunders (1914–2002) American Journalist, Scholar
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic
Set about doing good to somebody. Put on your hat, and go and visit the sick and poor of your neighborhood; inquire into their circumstances, and minister to their wants. Seek out the desolate, and afflicted, and oppressed, and tell them of the consolations of religion. I have often tried this method, and have always found it the best medicine for a heavy heart.
—John Howard
Joy can only be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian Novelist
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: “What are you doing for others?”
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the wind. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current. Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on towards ultimate success.
—Albert Pike (1809–91) American Masonic Scholar, Orator, Jurist
Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.
—Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) Russian Mystic, Writer
It only stands to reason that where there’s sacrifice, there’s someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there’s service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.
—Ayn Rand (1905–82) Russian-born American Novelist, Philosopher
Service is no heritage.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
A man lives not only his personal life as an individual but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955) German Novelist, Short Story Writer, Social Critic, Philanthropist, Essayist
Hail thy brother’s boat across, and lo! thine own has reached the shore.
—Indian Proverb
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