Quotes About Helpfulness

Levine found that in general, the cities with the fastest pace of life were the least helpful.

He who is tolerant to the intolerant, peaceful to the violent, who is free from greed, who speaks words that are calm, helpful, and true and that offend no one — him I call a brahmin.

had said. And then, afraid she had sounded grudging, 'Thank you, Simone. You've been so very kind.' In the days before she left for Mayfield Farm, Rebecca had given Simone's house a thorough clean and tidy, as a

God forgive the church of Jesus Christ for trading its birthright access to the transcendent for the pot of stew that is horizontal helpfulness. How shortsighted and human centered. The outcome of this disaster is that we have created a Creator in our own image who weeps, cares, and longs to help, but in the end we doubt He can because we have made Him so much like ourselves. In making God our buddy, we find Him nice for cuddling but not much help when the hurricane comes.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

When we're on the street and someone drops something, I pick it up.

James's investigation concluded that human beings respond with initiative, orderliness, and helpfulness; they remain calm; and suffering and loss are transformed when they are shared experiences.

Friday was added to my nickname because I have a talent of getting on with most people. So it's a bit of a man Friday thing.

Be good and honest to your fellow man and try to do something good for somebody.

My mother taught that if anyone needs you, you should be available to them.

The people who wake up and jump out of bed with energy and enthusiasm are the people who will be smiling all day, go out of their way to help you, and call you by name.

Would you rather have people be helpful or not? It turns out that having little nice things happen to them is a much better way of making them helpful than spending a huge amount of energy on improving their characters."5

To occupy yourself with tasks that are useful to yourself and others, you can get your mind off your problems.

If we people become more helpful to others, there will be much less tragedy in the world!

Don't wound someone's eye trying to remove the twig from it.

If you don't know what to do, just be kind. You can't go wrong.

Ask yourself often: 'What can I give here; how can I be of service to this person, this situation?

When she finally got there, Mom hugged Belle and told her, "I owe you," like I was some repulsive burden instead of the person who had very helpfully unpacked three boxes of green bananas and scoured the refrigerated section for expired dairy items.

Today is your day and mine, the only day we have, the day in which we play our part. What our part may signify in the great whole we may not understand, but we are here to play it, and now is the time. This we know, it is a part of action, not of whining. It is a part of love, not cynicism. It is for us to express love in terms of human helpfulness. This we know, for we have learned from sad experience that any other course of life leads toward decay and waste.

Here, Mary Alice. Drink this and I'll see if I can find you a flashlight." Mary Alice furrowed her brow. "Flashlight?" "To find the stick up your ass. Let me know if you need a hand getting it out," Natalie said sweetly.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind.

have pity upon those hungering ones immediately around you who must find life through your sermon or they will never find it at all. If some of your hearers sleep on they will of necessity wake up in eternal perdition, for they hear no other helpful voice.

Keep your eyes open. Suspend judgment. Be useful