Offering a hand up is not a hand-out. — Clara Barton
It seems to me that the only way one can be helpful is to extend one's hand to someone else involuntarily, and without ever knowing how useful this will be. — Rainer Maria Rilke
There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother. — Theodore Roosevelt
When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God. — Walt Whitman
A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch on a railroad track-an inch between wreck and smooth-rolling prosperity. — Henry Ward Beecher
Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love. — Mother Teresa
Helping Hand Helping Others Quotes
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like. — Saint Augustine
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity. — Jimmy Carter
It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand. — Mike Royko
Before you heal someone, ask him if he's willing to give up the things that made him sick.
There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers. — Rosalynn Carter
Dear Lord, forgive me for all of the times I've compared myself to others. I know that You have hand-picked all of my qualities. Help me to see these things as beautiful reminders of Your great love in creating me as Your daughter. In Jesus' Name, Amen. — Lysa TerKeurst
No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do. — Meher Baba
Everyone comes with baggage. Find someone who loves you enough to help you unpack.
There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark. — Helen Keller
Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress. — Melody Beattie
Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light. — Norm Rice
Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters. — Eric Maisel
Helping Hand Quotes
A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps. — Saint Augustine
I'm not a handsome guy, but I can give my hand to someone who needs help. Beauty is in the heart, not in the face. — Abdul Kalam
Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return. — Katharine Hepburn
Sleep doesn't help if it's your soul that's tired.
If you follow your heart, if you listen to your gut, and if you extend your hand to help another, not for any agenda, but for the sake of humanity, you are going to find the truth. — Erin Brockovich
You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you. No one can complete you. You complete yourself. — Oprah Winfrey
The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate. — Booker T. Washington
If I cut you off chances are you handed me the scissors.
Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country. — William McKinley
While countless Americans are pulling together to lend a helping hand, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are pointing fingers in a shameless effort to tear us apart. — Ken Mehlman
This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work. — Mitch Albom
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. — Audrey Hepburn
Lend A Hand Quotes
They say if you fall, someone who loves you will lend a hand for you, I have 8 pairs of hands always ready to hold me back up when I stumble — Jessica Jung
Heal the world! Stop the hate. Lend a helping hand to those in need. — Michael Jackson
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand. — Hippocrates
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass away.
Ernest [Hemmingway] was always ready to lend a helping hand to the one on the rung above him. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
My name is Clark, and I have come out to see what you brave fellows are doing in Kentucky and to lend you a helping hand, if necessary. — George Rogers Clark
I am a firm believer that you don't achieve greatness on your own. There is always someone there to lend a hand — Greg Louganis
If you want to fly, give up everything that weights you down.
I never have felt that people should feel that they are better than others, simply because they just happen to possess a larger share of material items and monetary wealth than others less fortunate. I believe in sharing, assisting, and just lending a helping hand to people. — Michael Jackson
We are trying to solve the problem of haze in the spirit of good neighbourliness with Malaysia but are also hoping that other ASEAN member countries are taking notice and willing to lend a helping hand. — Marty Natalegawa
Look up and not down;Look forward and not back;Look out and not in;Lend a Hand. — Edward Everett Hale
Look up, and not down; Out and not in; Forward and not back; And lend a hand. — Edward Everett Hale
Giving Help Quotes
Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake. — Voltaire
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people. — Dick Gregory
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you. — Mother Teresa
Your silence gives consent.
...one cannot actively help a woman to give birth. The goal is to avoid disturbing her unnecsessarily. — Michel Odent
When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed. — Michelle Obama
I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man. — Al Capone
You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.
No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free. — Assata Shakur
Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising. — Milton S. Hershey
If you are doing nothing, God doesn't need to give you any help in doing nothing. Go out and do something impossible for Jesus, and then God will help you. — Reinhard Bonnke
Living with faith and courage is
something that life requires of
each of us.
Never, absolutely
never, give up! Never give in no
matter what!
Fight it through!
And I promise you something with
all of my heart-God will help
you. — Kathryn Kuhlman
If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that--warm things, kind things, sweet things--help and comfort and laughter--and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all. — Frances Hodgson Burnett
In a world where you can be anything - be kind.
We have a great objective - the light on the hill - which we aim to reach by working for the betterment of mankind not only here but anywhere we may give a helping hand. If it were not for that, the Labour movement would not be worth fighting for. — Ben Chifley
There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want. — Hillary Clinton
Tim Kaine reminds me of - Peter Hart.Tim Kaine is a good neighbor. He's kind of the dependable, you know, friendly, helpful. And, you know, he would be over there. He would give you a hand if there were a problem at the house. — Mark Shields
Any ballplayers that played for me on either the Cardinals or the Yankees could come to me if he were in need and I would give him a helping hand. I made only two exceptions, Carl Mays and Joe Bush. If they were in a gutter, I'd kick them. — Miller Huggins
The devil loves and always rejoices over the ungoverned; those who are not subject to one who has power, under God, to help them and to give them a hand. — Dorotheus of Gaza
The man who joins with youths stays young in heart and mind. In exchange for the gift of their vitality and eagerness, the mature of man can give guidance and trust, a sympathetic ear and helping hand. — Henry Clausen
It [boxing] helps my hand-eye coordination, my stamina, my footwork, and it gives me that competitive edge and drive. And in the ring it's mano-a-mano. So it helps you build that arrogance, that cockiness, that confidence in yourself that the man that stands in front of you isn't going to beat you, and that translates to the court. — Carmelo Anthony
If you find something helpful to give you a hand, allow it to assist you, hands down! — Julie Hebert
I don't think being a musician makes me a role model at all. But I do believe that I have responsibility to offer people a helping hand when and if I can, just the same way that others have helped me. I think that it's important to keep that cycle going, and to give back to whatever your personal definition of community is. — Thalia Zedek
I work with a lot of different charities, and by that I don't mean merely by giving money, but by really getting involved hands-on. I've always said that one of the reasons why I was put on this Earth was to help people. That's something I've always enjoyed both here in America and if I have the opportunity when I'm traveling out of the country. For example, I like to visit orphanages to spend time with the children. That's very important to me. — Janet Jackson
If you want to serve the universe, the obvious place to begin is right where you are. That's where I began. I looked at every situation I came into and wondered, 'What can I do to be of service in this situation?' Sometimes there was nothing I could do, but often there was - a helping hand, a word of cheer, a pleasant smile. Then, after I had given a lot, a most wonderful spiritual receiving began - giving me more to give. — Peace Pilgrim
[I]t's an honor to be a food stamp president. Food stamps feed the hungry. Food stamps save the children. Food stamps help the farmer. Food stamps help the truck driver. Food stamps help the warehouse. Food stamps help the store. Food stamps hire people and feed people. Food stamps save people from starvation and malnutrition. ... Give President Barack Obama a big hand. Show your love. Show your appreciation. — Jesse Jackson
I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like to help dreamers as they find it difficult to get on in life. — Alfred Nobel
For many of us, the computer is the means by which we earn a living. To give it a nod, then, is a way of thanking the tool for what it provides in life. It helps put bread on the table and a roof overhead. It gives us work and pleasure, exercises our minds, brings us information, connects us with other people. It is a partner helping us achieve our goals. Nodding also thanks the unseen hands and minds who helped create our machine. — Philip Toshio Sudo
A wealthy and wise man doesn't shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand. — Michael Bassey
TODAY can be a healthy unusual day for you-and for others-if you take time to give someone a smile . . . to express a word of kindness . . . to lend a helping hand to someone in need . . . ..to write a note of gratitude . . . to give a word of encouragement to someone who is temporarily overcome with problems . . . to share a portion of your material possessions with others. — William Arthur Ward
We cannot educate white women and take them by the hand. Most of us are willing to help but we can't do the white woman's homework for her. That's an energy drain. More times than she cares to remember, Nellie Wong, Asian American feminist writer, has been called by white women wanting a list of Asian American women who can give readings or workshops. We are in danger of being reduced to purveyors of resource lists. — Gloria E. Anzaldúa
There are some people who cannot help giving. Why? Because they experience a real psychological pleasure in doing so. They don't do it with an eye to their own advantage, they do it on the quiet; they detest doing it openly because that would take away some of the satisfaction. They do it in secret, with quick trembling hands, their breasts rocked by a spiritual well being which they do not themselves understand. — Knut Hamsun
Nix still held Benny's hand, and her grip tightened to an almost crushing force, grinding his hand bones together. It hurt, but Benny would rather have cut that hand off than take it back at that moment. If it would help Nix through this, he'd give her a pair of pliers and a vise so she could do a proper job. — Jonathan Maberry
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