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Quotes About Assistance

ADMINICLE  (ADMI'NICLE)   n.s.[adminiculum, Lat.] Help; support; furtherance.Dict.   ADMINICULAR  (ADMINI'CULAR)   adj.[from adminiculum, Lat.] That which gives help.Dict.
~ Samuel Johnson
He that adopts the sentiments of another whom he has reason to believe wiser than himself is only to be blamed when he claims the honours which are not due but to the author, and endeavours to deceive the world into praise and veneration; for to learn is the proper business of youth; and whether we increase our knowledge by books, or by conversation, we are equally indebted to foreign assistance.
~ Samuel Johnson
When the retching stopped, he assisted her to stand upright and backed her into the car
~ Sandra Brown
I just don't know, I said, my voice sounding bumby, not like mine, how do you help someone who doesn't want your help. What do you do when you can't do anything?
~ Sarah Dessen
but accepting help doesn"t have to mean giving up control.
~ Sarah Dessen
But sometimes, we all need a little help, whether we want to admit it or not.
~ Sarah Dessen
I resist the urge to raise my hand and utter the four most reassuring words in the English language: I know a guy.
~ Sarah Vowell
I will do no more to enact the peculiarities of life. This is done well enough without my special assistance.
~ Saul Bellow
At the moment of commitment, the entire universe conspires to assist you.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would have never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Society is doing a great deal for the workingman, for the lower classes; but it seems to me, sometimes, as if it formed associations to obtain for them toys, and then formed other associations to teach them to play with them.
~ John B. Gough
The knowledge of ourselves, therefore, is not only an incitement to seek after God, but likewise a considerable assistance towards finding him.
~ John Calvin
Antiochus shall act prosperously according to his mental perception, and shall be so assisted by' his craftiness, as to obtain whatever he shall grasp at.
~ John Calvin
Did not God assist us, we should not only not be able to conquer, but not able even to fight.
~ John Calvin
I have devoted much time and energy to helping medical physics in developing countries.
~ John Cameron
There are also times when the enemy craftily makes the heart find a little rest, in order that it may not invoke the name of God. For, the demons are not ignorant of the fact that they are annoyed by the invocation of God's name. Therefore, knowing this, let us not cease invoking the name of God for our assistance; for, this is the best prayer. It is also said: "Pray unceasingly" (1 Thess 5.17), and unceasingly implies without end or limit.
~ John Chryssavgis
The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.
~ John Conyers
As Sicknesse is the greatest misery, so the greatest misery of sicknes is solitude; when the infectiousness of the disease deterss them who should assist from coming; even the Phisician dares scarse come... it is an Outlawry, and excommunication upon the patient....
~ John Donne
The thing that I'm most proud of in my life is that if a stranger came up to me and said, 'I can't stop drinking. I can't stop drinking. Can you help me?' I can say, 'Yes, I can help you.'
~ Matthew Perry
If you help someone, you may create a customer for life.
~ Jay Baer
I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
~ Karlie Kloss
Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.
~ Donna Shalala
Each one has to call and ask one else for its problems and life risks if necessary; otherwise, one else has neither clue about it nor will realize and come to assist that.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Those who go to aliens with a begging bowl for financial assistance in the pursuit of retaining power in their country, damaging national pride and subject the nation to international ridicule. Such people are criminals.
~ Ehsan Sehgal