Extending a helping hand is always the right thing to do, no matter how small the deed may seem. It will surely make a difference in someone's life. Helping others will also bring your expertise to good use, and the feeling of fulfillment for that action is undoubtedly priceless. May these quotes on helping others become an instrument for you to take the first step in reaching out to those in need and making the world a better place.
1. “I cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that I can do.” – Jana Stanfield
2. “Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others. Step forward, reach out, and help. Reach out to someone that might need a lift.” – Pablo
3. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” – John Holmes
5. “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – John Bunyan
6. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Steve Maraboli
7. “People appreciate and never forget that helping hand especially when times are tough.” – Catherine Pulsifer
8. “Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.” – Horace Mann
9. “Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the one who matters.” – Criss Jami
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10. “Strong people don't put others down. They lift them up.” – Michael P. Watson
11. “A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.” – Vera Nazarian
12. “Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.” – Steve Maraboli
13. “It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” – Napoleon Hill
14. “Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.” – Marianne Williamson
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15. “None of us can help everyone. But all of us can help someone. And when we help them, we serve Jesus. Who would want to miss a chance to do that?” – Max Lucado
16. “You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.” – Jim Stovall
17. “A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.” – Nelson Mandela
18. “If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.” – Sophocles
19. “Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” – Audrey Hepburn
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20. “Remember this. Hold on to this. This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only thing we can do that has any lasting meaning. This is why we're here. To make each other feel safe.” – Andre Agassi
21. “Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” – Norman B. Rice
22. “Don't deceive yourself; laughing at someone's weakness is not the way to reveal your strength. Your strength is in the help you offer, not the mockeries you deliver.” – Israelmore Ayivor
23. “Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.” – Eric Maisel
24. “Advantages of helping people include you being a good example for your children, family, and friends, and you having a direct impact on the trajectory of the lives of a lot of people.” – Rafael Bettencourt
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25. “Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.” – Buddha
26. “Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.” – Muhammad Ali
27. “There is no greater joy, nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life.” – Mary Rose McGeady
28. “If you offer your free time to help out at a charity or to read to an older person or simply to give someone something without ever expecting a thank you, it's amazing how much more you are able to notice the blessings which fill your life.” – Josh Austin
29. “A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.” – Jim Rohn
30. “I'm starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than we want to admit.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
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31. “Kindness and helping others will return to you when you least expect it, and maybe when you need it.” – Catherine Pulsifer
32. “When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” – Pauline R. Kezer
33. “Helping others, without expecting anything in return is what true self-worth is all about.” – Gavin Bird
34. “If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life.” – Anonymous
35. “Most importantly, my father was taught that charity begins at home. This basically meant that doing good deeds and helping people started in your own household.” – Kelvin Waites
36. “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
37. “The real point is that we all need help somewhere along life's path whether we think we will or not. And, if you are the one giving and helping, just remember this: no matter what happens later, you will always be secure in the fact knowing that you have remained strong and true to assist those that need your help.” – Catherine Pulsifer
38. “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.” – Jesse Jackson
39. “Each of us owes someone. We all benefit by reaching out and helping others.” – Les Brown
40. “If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.” – Will Smith
41. “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
42. “Make each new day count by helping someone or just making someone smile.” – Catherine Pulsifer
43. “If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” – Chinese Proverb
44. “Your belief is great that someone else should benefit, from a deed well done. With this I can see how great you have been, to always be helping someone.” – Julie Hebert
45. “If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.” – Buddha
46. “Leaders need to be facilitators, and help others get what they need.” – Janeen Latini
47. “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
48. “Nothing exalts the soul or gives it a sheer sense of buoyancy and victory so much as being used to change the lives of other people.” – E. Stanley Jones
49. “When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.” – Edward G. Bulwer
50. “When you reach out to those in need, do not be surprised if the essential meaning of something occurs.” – Stephen Richards
51. “There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.” – Acts 20:35
52. “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
53. “Take the time to help other people without expecting a reward or gratitude is definitely important in living an optimistic life.” – Krista Weatherspoon
54. “In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.” – Flora Edwards
55. “Somewhere along the way, we must learn that there is nothing greater than to do something for others.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
56. “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
57. “The real road of compassion, that is, giving, helping, assistance and community service, is a road that can be set and declared as your life's purpose.” – Byron Pulsifer
58. “An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.” – Lydia M. Child
59. “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
60. “If you haven't done much giving in your life, try it and see how you feel afterward.” – Michelle Moore
61. “I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I cant change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.” – Charles De Lint
62. “There are two kinds of people in the world, first those who run away from danger, then there are those who run towards danger, to see if someone needs help.” – Abhijit Naskar
63. “The secret of living well is: drop the past, drop the fake image, help others, smile a lot, eat half and walk double.” – Amit Ray
64. “You have the power to turn this tearful world into a cheerful one. The question is, will you?” – Abhijit Naskar
65. “When you help someone, you also help yourself. Instead of worrying about how much you get in return, you are better off helping as many people as you can.” – Tapan Ghosh
66. “Maybe we feel good when we help others because some small part within us remembers and connects to the knowing that we are all one.” – Akiroq Brost
67. “When we can see with an open heart our own mortality, we can help others in a way that changes their lives forever.” – Mimi Novic
68. “Be the help to humanity, be the answer to humanity, be the light to humanity and be 911 to humanity.” – Abhijit Naskar
69. “The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
70. “Helping others is the secret sauce to a happy life.” – Todd Stocker
Share these Inspiring Helping Quotes with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
2. “Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others. Step forward, reach out, and help. Reach out to someone that might need a lift.” – Pablo
3. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” – John Holmes
5. “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – John Bunyan
6. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Steve Maraboli
7. “People appreciate and never forget that helping hand especially when times are tough.” – Catherine Pulsifer
8. “Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.” – Horace Mann
9. “Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the one who matters.” – Criss Jami
11. “A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.” – Vera Nazarian
12. “Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.” – Steve Maraboli
13. “It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” – Napoleon Hill
14. “Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.” – Marianne Williamson
16. “You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.” – Jim Stovall
17. “A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.” – Nelson Mandela
18. “If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.” – Sophocles
19. “Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” – Audrey Hepburn
21. “Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” – Norman B. Rice
22. “Don't deceive yourself; laughing at someone's weakness is not the way to reveal your strength. Your strength is in the help you offer, not the mockeries you deliver.” – Israelmore Ayivor
23. “Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.” – Eric Maisel
24. “Advantages of helping people include you being a good example for your children, family, and friends, and you having a direct impact on the trajectory of the lives of a lot of people.” – Rafael Bettencourt
26. “Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.” – Muhammad Ali
27. “There is no greater joy, nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life.” – Mary Rose McGeady
28. “If you offer your free time to help out at a charity or to read to an older person or simply to give someone something without ever expecting a thank you, it's amazing how much more you are able to notice the blessings which fill your life.” – Josh Austin
29. “A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.” – Jim Rohn
30. “I'm starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than we want to admit.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
More Quotes about Helping Others in Time of Need
31. “Kindness and helping others will return to you when you least expect it, and maybe when you need it.” – Catherine Pulsifer
32. “When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” – Pauline R. Kezer
33. “Helping others, without expecting anything in return is what true self-worth is all about.” – Gavin Bird
34. “If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life.” – Anonymous
35. “Most importantly, my father was taught that charity begins at home. This basically meant that doing good deeds and helping people started in your own household.” – Kelvin Waites
36. “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
37. “The real point is that we all need help somewhere along life's path whether we think we will or not. And, if you are the one giving and helping, just remember this: no matter what happens later, you will always be secure in the fact knowing that you have remained strong and true to assist those that need your help.” – Catherine Pulsifer
38. “Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up.” – Jesse Jackson
39. “Each of us owes someone. We all benefit by reaching out and helping others.” – Les Brown
40. “If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.” – Will Smith
41. “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
42. “Make each new day count by helping someone or just making someone smile.” – Catherine Pulsifer
43. “If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” – Chinese Proverb
44. “Your belief is great that someone else should benefit, from a deed well done. With this I can see how great you have been, to always be helping someone.” – Julie Hebert
45. “If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.” – Buddha
46. “Leaders need to be facilitators, and help others get what they need.” – Janeen Latini
47. “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
48. “Nothing exalts the soul or gives it a sheer sense of buoyancy and victory so much as being used to change the lives of other people.” – E. Stanley Jones
49. “When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.” – Edward G. Bulwer
50. “When you reach out to those in need, do not be surprised if the essential meaning of something occurs.” – Stephen Richards
51. “There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.” – Acts 20:35
52. “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
53. “Take the time to help other people without expecting a reward or gratitude is definitely important in living an optimistic life.” – Krista Weatherspoon
54. “In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.” – Flora Edwards
55. “Somewhere along the way, we must learn that there is nothing greater than to do something for others.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
56. “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
57. “The real road of compassion, that is, giving, helping, assistance and community service, is a road that can be set and declared as your life's purpose.” – Byron Pulsifer
58. “An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.” – Lydia M. Child
59. “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
60. “If you haven't done much giving in your life, try it and see how you feel afterward.” – Michelle Moore
61. “I don't want to live in the kind of world where we don't look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who needs a helping hand. I cant change the way anybody else thinks, or what they choose to do, but I can do my bit.” – Charles De Lint
62. “There are two kinds of people in the world, first those who run away from danger, then there are those who run towards danger, to see if someone needs help.” – Abhijit Naskar
63. “The secret of living well is: drop the past, drop the fake image, help others, smile a lot, eat half and walk double.” – Amit Ray
64. “You have the power to turn this tearful world into a cheerful one. The question is, will you?” – Abhijit Naskar
65. “When you help someone, you also help yourself. Instead of worrying about how much you get in return, you are better off helping as many people as you can.” – Tapan Ghosh
66. “Maybe we feel good when we help others because some small part within us remembers and connects to the knowing that we are all one.” – Akiroq Brost
67. “When we can see with an open heart our own mortality, we can help others in a way that changes their lives forever.” – Mimi Novic
68. “Be the help to humanity, be the answer to humanity, be the light to humanity and be 911 to humanity.” – Abhijit Naskar
69. “The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
70. “Helping others is the secret sauce to a happy life.” – Todd Stocker
Share these Inspiring Helping Quotes with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.