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Quotes About Assistance

Go, said the count deliberately, go, dear friend, but promise me, if you meet with any obstacle to remember that I have some power in this world; that I am happy to use that power in the behalf of those I love; and that I love you, Morrel. I will remember it, said the young man, as selfish children recollect their parents when they want their aid. When I need your assistance, and the moment may come, I will come to you, count.
~ Alexandre Dumas
I almost regret having helped you in your researches & having told you what I did
~ Alexandre Dumas
out his hand to assist him to rise. It is much better both for you and for me to stop where we are, answered the wounded man. CORBLEU—I am more your
~ Alexandre Dumas
In the States of New England, from the first, the condition of the poor was provided for;
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
is natural that they should hasten to invoke the assistance of religion, for they must know that liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith; but they have seen religion in the ranks of their adversaries, and they inquire no further; some of them attack it openly, and the remainder are afraid to defend it.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
Dans l'un et l'autre de ces pays, on arrive par des causes différentes à ce résultat, que c'est la partie la plus généreuse, la plus active, la plus industrieuse de la nation, qui consacre ses secours à fournir de quoi vivre à ceux qui ne font rien ou font un mauvais usage de leur travail.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
The real revolution is always concerned with the least glamorous stuff. With raising a reading level from second grade to third. With simplifying history and writing it down (or reciting it) for the old folks. With helping illiterates fill out a food-stamps form - for they must eat, revolution or not.
~ Alice Walker
These days, you need powerful people to cooperate in terms of getting information, formal or informal approval to act, resources, introductions, and support (or room to maneuver) for implementation just to get your job done. Therefore, you can't achieve your objectives without getting help from others whom you do not control.
~ Allan R. Cohen
DO NOT put infants in a recovery position. They are not able to support themselves in this position. Instead, take the infant with you to call 9-1-1.
~ American National Red Cross
Help with strange problems comes from strange people.
~ Joe Abercrombie
He had helped her, often. Financial assistance, from the good of his heart. That was why he kept coming here. To help these poor girls, driven into lives of debauchery by the harsh times. If they wished to express their natural gratitude, he would not demean them by refusing.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Help to these people was a coin tossed in a pool. It might make a few ripples, but they would quickly vanish as though they had never been.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Boy, this is your lucky day!" She clapped her hands. "You found yourself a librarian! I can help wit the figuring-out thing and point you toward some good poetry while I'm at it. It's what I do.
~ Joe Hill
You found yourself a librarian! I can help with the figuring-out thing and point you toward some good poetry while I'm at it. It's what I do.
~ Joe Hill
Sister, spot me.
~ Joe Hill
All my adult life people have been helping me.
~ Stephen Hawking
You need to know life is on your side.
~ Bentinho
He was not attracted to the man in the sense that he wanted him for a friend, but he did feel he might help him – how, he didn't formulate. It was all very obscure, for the mountains still overshadowed Maurice. Risley, surely capering on the summit, might stretch him a helping hand.
~ E.M. Forster
if someone does not want help, there is little you can do to get them to accept it.
~ Edgar H Schein
Check out your own emotions and intentions before offering, giving, or receiving help.
~ Edgar H. Schein
When our true intentions are something other than providing help, such as getting a job done or beating someone in a game, we are most prone to falling into the traps described throughout this book.
~ Edgar H. Schein
Remember that the person requesting your help may feel uncomfortable, so make sure to ask what the client really wants and how you can best help.
~ Edgar H. Schein
Share your helping problem. More often than I care to admit I have found that when I was supposed to be helping someone, I suddenly did not know what to do next. When this happens, the best thing to do is to say to the client, "At this point I am stuck—I don't know what to do next to be helpful.
~ Edgar H. Schein
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is any thing you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
~ Edgar Watson Howe