35 Quotes About Helping Others That Inspire Acts of Kindness

1. “We rise by lifting others.” – Robert Ingersoll

2. “If you get, give. If you learn, teach.” – Maya Angelou

3. “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” – Dr. Loretta Scott

4. “To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.” – Abraham Lincoln

5. “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.” – Jesse Jackson

6. “If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.” – Sophocles

7. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” – Charles Dickens

8. “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” – Mohammed Ali

9. “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill

10. “An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.” – Lydia M. Child

11. “Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” – Booker T. Washington

12. “If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.” – Buddha

13. “To do more for the world than the world does for you, that is success.” – Henry Ford

14. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi

15. “Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

1. “Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What’s in it for me?” – Brian Tracy

2. “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others and if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” – Dalai Lama

3. “Even the smallest act of caring for another person is like a drop of water – it will make ripples throughout the entire pond.” – Jessy and Bryan Matteo

4. “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha

5. “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains is immortal.” – Albert Pine

6. “Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” – Frank A. Clark

7. “As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” – Audrey Hepburn

8. “In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.” – Flora Edwards

9. “Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.” – James Freeman Clarke

10. “Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.” – Buddha

11. “When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.” – Edward G. Bulwer

12. “Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.” – Sally Koch

13. “It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of person-kind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.” – Leo Buscaglia

14. “Being a man or a woman is a matter of birth. Being a man or a woman who makes a difference is a matter of choice.” – Byron Garrett

15. “Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.” – Henry Ford

16. “There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.” – Andrew Carnegie

17. “What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other.” – George Eliot

18. “I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.” – Maya Angelou

19. “Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others. Step forward, reach out and help. This week reach to someone that might need a lift.” – Pablo

20. “I believe that love expands. As you give love out, it’s received and reciprocated and it grows. That’s the beauty of it.” – Hill Harper

As we come to the end of our journey, let these quotes about helping others inspire us. Let’s continue to show kindness and support for one another.