Quotes About Help

I really try to focus on organizations, twofold, one that help people and/or beings that don't have other means of help. Particularly if they're hospitalized children, sick children, children that don't have homes, children that can't go to school, you know that's the future of this country and the future of this planet.

Just like so many other people out there, I don't want to sit on the sidelines, I want to do the most that I can to help.

There are elements of comedy that can be competitive and back stab-y, but one of the underreported sides is that we love each other and help each other, kind of like a messed up extended family.

People under siege turn to us in complete frustration and I get a chance to go in when it's do or die.

I'll be a mentor to those who want to create a business, product or service and aren't exactly sure how to do that. To me, it's a true sign of success if I can help someone have a better time of it.

For me the much more significant question is what did the Americans do, if anything, to help the Croatian army, because they are the ones that changed fundamentally the map of Bosnia, not the Bosnian army.

With the intention of signing Lin back, I saw that I can help.

For me, the goal of a reading is fundamentally to help the person get closure or insight, and so sharing negative information without any positive silver lining or any potential resolution is pointless.

What's fulfilling is being happy and being able to help other people. The simple things.

'Talk to me,' it's what you say to someone to let them know you're there. Just three simple words. But saying them out loud could help save a life.

that I don't have what it takes to be one without Your help. Take my selfishness

Enable me to take up the shield of faith as constant protection from the enemy. My soul waits for You, Lord, my help and my shield (Psalm 33:20).

gunshot wound to the head. He called 911.

This was the first time he'd been involved in an intricate plot just to make a man look foolish. Men rarely needed help looking foolish.

The Latin term pro bono, as most attorneys will attest, roughly translated means for boneheads and applies to work done without charge.

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide; When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, Oh, abide with me.

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; still with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Seeking out and giving support are so vital to human beings that social psychologists Mario Mikulincer and Phil Shaver observe that, rather than being called Homo sapiens, or "one who knows," we should be named Homo auxiliator vel accipio auxilium, or "one who helps or receives help." To be even more accurate, I say we should be called Homo vinculum—"one who bonds.

When is the impulse to help an adult child a wise intervention and when is it self-serving and prying? I have an uneasy feeling I will have to carry the question around for a while like some grating pebble in my shoe.

The "family secret" is a further burden for abused children. By not talking about the abuse, the battered child cuts off any hope of emotional help.

Recognizing a problem and seeking help is a sign not only of health but of courage.

Goodness is not its own reward in this world. Those who help are sometimes destroyed first

If you are supposed to telephone the client, remember that your relationship starts when she answers the phone. Be professional and concerned but remember that the purpose of the call is not to do therapy over the telephone but to arrange a mutually convenient time when you can meet face-to-face. The client may be anxious; however, do not assume that you know what that anxiety is about. Also remember that asking for help is not an easy thing to do.

The sum total of all this, then, is that you want to ask only about facts and information the client can provide without having to probe her feelings or motivations. After all, if she were clear about her feelings, she probably wouldn't be coming for help with a problem in the first place. Furthermore, asking "why" can lead you into making premature judgments about the client's problem, since you will be fighting the desire for explanations and conclusions.