Quotes tagged ‘Helping’

“Buzz Lightyear: I can't help. I can't help anyone. Woody: Why sure you can Buzz Lightyear. You can get me out of here and then I'll get that rocket off you, and we'll make a break for Andy's House.”

— Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, Bud Luckey, Buzz Lightyear (voice), Tim Allen, imdb.com

“The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

“I’d cut my soul into a million different pieces just to form a constellation to light your way home. I’d write love poems to the parts of yourself you can’t stand. I’d stand in the shadows of your heart and tell you I’m not afraid of your dark.”

— Andrea Gibson, ohandreagibson.tumblr.com

“If there’s a thing I’ve learned in my life it’s to not be afraid of the responsibility that comes with caring for other people. What we do for love: those things endure. Even if the people you do them for don’t.”

— Cassandra Clare, goodreads.com

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.”

— Rick Warren, amazon.com

“The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.”

— Milan Kundera, amazon.com

“You were so nice to me when I was having my problems, but now that you’re having yours, it seems there’s not a thing I can do for you. You’re all locked up in that little world of yours, and when I try knocking on the door, you just sort of look up for a second and go right back inside.”

— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com

“My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.”

— Olive Schreiner, amazon.com

“If you have a warm heart and you care for others you'll be happy and the community in which you live will be happier too.”

— Dalai Lama, twitter.com

“While we wait for good things to happen for ourselves, we can do good things for other people.”

— David Rangel, amazon.com

“Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.”

— Roy T. Bennett, amazon.com

“He's in pain. What kind of people would we be if we simply let him suffer?”

— Charles Yu, Lisa Joy, Dolores Abernathy, Evan Rachel Wood, imdb.com

“You do things for them you normally wouldn’t do even if they’re annoying to you, like help them move or go out of your way like, seven blocks just to get them that specific kind of candy they like.”

— Karen Noble, thoughtcatalog.com

“You did okay, Mickey. You know, you tried. That’s a lot more than most people would do.”

— Sheila Callaghan, Phillip 'Lip' Gallagher, Jeremy Allen White, imdb.com

“I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.”

— Veronica Roth, amazon.com

“This is what happens when you try to help people. You get screwed.”

— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com

“Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.”

— Brené Brown, amazon.com

“When you show kindness you inspire it in others.”

— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com

“You don't give to receive. You give from the heart.”

— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com

“My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.”

— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com