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Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.
Mother Teresa
Do not be concerned with quantity. Assist an individual at a time and always commence with the person closest to you.
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There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
Nelson Mandela
Donate one's effort and resources to assist others without an ulterior motive.
3.
So shines a good deed... in a weary world.
Gene Wilder
Thus, a beneficial action radiates cheerfulness in an exhausted world.
4.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Dick Gregory
Uncovering the key to contentment is performing acts of kindness for others.
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When I Asked God for Strength He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face When I Asked God for Brain & Brawn He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve When I Asked God for Happiness He Showed Me Some Unhappy People When I Asked God for Wealth He Showed Me How to Work Hard When I Asked God for Favors He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard When I Asked God for Peace He Showed Me How to Help Others God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted He Gave Me Everything I Needed.
Swami Vivekananda
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Let ... individuals make the most of what God has given them, have their neighbors do the same, and then do all they can to serve each other. There is no use in one man, or one nation, to try to do or be everything. It is a good thing to be dependent on each other for something, it makes us civil and peaceable.
Sojourner Truth
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It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.
Terry Fox
It took a life-threatening illness to comprehend that being egocentric is not the path to harmony. The answer lies in striving to aid others.
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We are all in this world together, and the only test of our character that matters is how we look after the least fortunate among us. How we look after each other, not how we look after ourselves. That's all that really matters, I think.
Tommy Douglas
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Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .
Vincent de Paul
Philanthropy is the adhesive that unites Communities to Divinity and individuals to each other.
10.
I would like to be remembered as someone who accomplished useful deeds, and who was a kind and loving person. I would like to leave the memory of a human being with a correct attitude and who did her best to help others.
Grace Kelly
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Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.
Booker T. Washington
Those most content are those who render the greatest service to others.
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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.
Thomas Sowell
When you seek to assist others, you voice veracity. When you desire to benefit yourself, you convey what they yearn to hear.
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The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer
The raison d'etre of human life is to render assistance, and demonstrate kindness and a willingness to aid others.
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The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.
Barack Obama
Take action to combat hopelessness.
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There’s something you learn from helping other people with their dreams that prepares you for your own.
T. D. Jakes
You can acquire valuable knowledge by assisting others with their aspirations that equips you for your own.
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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
John F. Kennedy
If a society of liberty neglects the plight of those in poverty, it cannot preserve the well-being of those with wealth.
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Only those who have already experienced a revolution within themselves can reach out effectively to help others.
Malcolm X
Only those who have undergone an internal transformation can effectively assist others.
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A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world.
Ellen G. White
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Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.
Gautama Buddha
Strive to perform acts of kindness repeatedly and you will be filled with elation.
20.
Nothing is stronger than gentleness.
Abraham Lincoln
Gentle force is mightier than any other.
21.
Your success and happiness depend on your willingness to help others solve their problems.
T. B. Joshua
Your triumph and cheer rely upon your eagerness to aid others in resolving their difficulties.
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It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
Moliere
We are not only answerable for our actions, but also for our omissions.
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A scar is a wound that has healed. We need to bring our wounds to Jesus, let Him heal them, and use our scars for Jesus. Our scars may be our greatest ministry.
Adrian Rogers
A blemish is an injury that has recovered. We must bring our hurts to Jesus, let Him restore them, and employ our blemishes for the Lord's work. Our flaws may be our greatest mission.
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If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we can train equally well for greatness and mercy and the power of love which comes because of the strength of the good qualities to be found in the soul of every human being.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the higher duty I owe myself. What would you think me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself with food and saw about me the children of my fellow beings starving to death?
Eugene V. Debs
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As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Audrey Hepburn
As you age, you will come to understand that you possess two hands - one for assisting yourself and the other for aiding others.
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It is easy to sit up and take notice,
What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
Honore de Balzac
It is effortless to take note, however difficult is putting forth the effort and taking action.
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Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.
Dorothy Height
Without volunteerism, we would not have a thriving quality of life. It's advantageous to the individual who contributes as much as it is to the beneficiary. It's how we cultivate and evolve ourselves.
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It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.
George Washington Carver
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What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.
Jimmy Carter
I would say righteousness, veracity, meekness, aid, kindness, adoration...They're the beacons of a lifetime.
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Peace is a culture that we create by putting it in the curriculum for young people, through creating this next generation where young people get a chance to go across borders, across cultures, to learn more about each other's life, to create a global community, learn about opportunities for helping others. It's investing in peace and tolerance training, ending the gap between rich and poor.
Craig Kielburger
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For it is in giving that we receive.
Francis of Assisi
It is in offering that we gain.
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You are not here in the world for yourself. You have been sent here for others. The world is waiting for you!
Catherine Booth
You are not alone on this earth; your presence is required for the benefit of others. The planet awaits your involvement!
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It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.
Mike Royko
It is more difficult to be generous than parsimonious. Why? As it is easier to point an accusing finger than provide assistance.
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Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.
John P. Kotter
Efficient heads promote others to recognize the importance of transformation and to accept a shared vision of the wanted result.
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The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
Mother Teresa
The largest ailment at present is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but instead the sensation of being ignored.
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Human cruelty knows no limits and that one needs immense courage and a will of iron to help others understand that animals are made of flesh and blood like us, that they suffer the same pains as us, that they deserve the same respect as us and that their continuous slaughter should not be part of human entertainment.
Brigitte Bardot
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If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.
Gautama Buddha
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When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.
Simon Sinek
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I am now experiencing perfect health, abundant prosperity and complete and utter happiness. This is true because the world is full of charming people who now lovingly help me in every way. I am now coming into an innumerable company of angels. I am now living a delightful, interesting and satisfying life of the most widely useful kind. Because of my own increased health, wealth and happiness, I am now able to help others live a delightful, interesting and satisfying life of the most widely useful kind, my good - our good - is universal.
Catherine Ponder
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Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value - democracy.
Benazir Bhutto
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That which you give to another will become your own sustenance; if you light a lamp for another, your own way will be lit.
Nichiren
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If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that
I helped people understand that leadership is helping other people grow and succeed.
To repeat myself, leadership is not just about you. It's about them
Jack Welch
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
W. H. Auden
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Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.
Albert Schweitzer
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To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.
Henry Ford
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There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.
Rosalynn Carter
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When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.
Whoopi Goldberg
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There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.
Walter Reuther
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The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
Harvey S. Firestone