Quotes About Assistance

I once heard Anne Lamott say, "Help is the sunny side of control." Yes

As this is one of those deep observations which very few readers can be supposed capable of making themselves, I have thought proper to lend them my assistance; but this is a favour rarely to be expected in the course of my work. Indeed, I shall seldom or never so indulge him, unless in such instances as this, where nothing but the inspiration with which we writers are gifted can possibly enable anyone to make the discovery.

That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly, to much time and resources was spent on fighting about the same helicopters and local guides.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the helpfulness, and so on, yes.

Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said 'God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane. I said, if I have a stroke on a plane, I hope the pretend doctor isn't the one on the plane. I want a real doctor.

After September 11th, nations from across the globe offered their generous assistance to the people of New York. And whenever our friends around the world need our assistance, New York is there.

I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in a housing development.

People ask me about if, being a Republican, you guys want to cut everything and stop everything and not help people. I find that patently false.

At the Superdome, a young man came up to me holding a baby. He'd run out of diapers. He'd run out of medicine. His baby was sick. The guy's saying, 'Help me! Take my baby.' What could I do? That's the definition of helpless.

People who have gone through trauma need help with logistics in the short term.

What has happened to the good old-fashioned travel agent? I want to go to a really posh travel agent and have them organise everything for me. I don't want to do things on the Internet.

I can help a lot of other people who've gone through the same thing by building a center that will help men and women who don't have the funds to take care of themselves and get the medical treatment.

If your cat's up a tree, you call the fire department. If someone's hurt, you call the fire department. If there's a mudslide or your house is on fire, you call the fire department. They're our first line of defense.

Leaving Iraq without military assistance during its transition, and before it is stable enough to ensure its own citizens' security, would pose a tremendous risk. We must complete our mission.

To give people that first start in life is a tremendous privilege. It's one of the great joys of being part of a growing company.

Begin the journey. The whole world is waiting to help you.

We got food stamps. Glad to get the food stamps. Why wouldn't you want to get free money?

Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.

Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.

No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.

The most important secret of salesmanship is to find out what the other fellow wants, then help him find the best way to get it

A consultant solves other people"s problems. I could never do that. I want to help other people solve their own problems.

Jackson opined that anyone objecting to militia duty should pay an equivalent, for "bearing arms was one of the most important duties we owe to society. One great object men have in view, by forming themselves into a state of civil society, is to protect their persons and property; to afford this protection it is necessary . . . that every one either give his personal assistance, or pay an equivalent for it.