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Famous Needed Quotes

Love looks around to see who is in need — T. B. Joshua

Many can give money to those in need, but to personally serve the needy readily, out of love, and in a fraternal spirit, requires a truly great soul. — Saint John Chrysostom

We must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve not need — Jim Rohn

It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially. — Saint Francis de Sales

Everyone needs help from everyone. — Bertolt Brecht

If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for good Samaritans. — Pope Francis

If the most select benefactors do not assist poor wretches the latter must fall into despair. — Antonio Vivaldi

Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine. — Adam Schiff

We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so that others may simply live. — Ed Begley, Jr.

Charity sees the need, not the cause. — Proverbs

Even if it is a little thing, do something for those who have need of help. — Albert Schweitzer

God helps those who cannot help themselves. - Charles Spurgeon

God helps those who cannot help themselves. — Charles Spurgeon

God help those who do not help themselves. — Wilson Mizner

Charity should be blind to everything but need. Our personal feelings should not determine whose starvation is legitimate. — Michael Redhill

If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us? — Buddha

Short Needed Quotes

  • Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. — Marcus Aurelius
  • If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining. — Sayings
  • Even a room which must be dark needs at least a crack of light to know how dark it is. — Louis Kahn
  • What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience. — Saint Francis de Sales
  • Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. — Dalai Lama
  • God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does. — Martin Luther
  • Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you. — Mother Teresa
  • Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Buddha
  • The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going. — Reinhard Bonnke
  • A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. — Bob Hope
Needed quote There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your ow
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's book and write your own.

Helping Those In Need Quotes

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

We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself. — Bertolt Brecht

Developing compassion and wisdom and helping those in need is the true meaning of life. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Needed quote The planet does not need more "successful people". The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, he
The planet does not need more "successful people". The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lover of all kinds.

Heal the world! Stop the hate. Lend a helping hand to those in need. — Michael Jackson

If you have enough strength to help yourself, you have enough strength to help those in need. Never pass up an opportunity. — Austin Carlile

Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need. — Dalai Lama

Needed quote A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compas
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.

Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. — Ellen DeGeneres

A simple lifestyle is good for us, helping us to better share with those in need. — Pope Francis

I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel the urge to grasp a passive verb or one of those nasty adverbs for the same reason. Just remember before you do that Dumbo didn’t need the feather; the magic was in him. — Stephen King

Im happy to volunteer for the American Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet. The Red Cross is an organization that responds to those in need and it is an honor to help them with the lifesaving role they play everyday in communities nationwide. — Peyton Manning

Giving To Those In Need Quotes

You should secretly give from what you have to those in need, so that you receive from God, Who sees in secret, a hundred times more, as well as life eternal in the age to come (cf. Mt. 6:4; Mk. 10:30). — Gregory Palamas

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need. — Bryant H. McGill

Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped to help the stranger in need was not compassion, morality, or religious creed. It was those who had the time. Makes me wonder if I have time to do good. — Richard Paul Evans

Needed quote To thrive in life you need three bones. A wishbone. A backbone. And a funny bone.
To thrive in life you need three bones. A wishbone. A backbone. And a funny bone.

I believe that with great wealth comes great responsibility, a responsibility to give back to society and a responsibility to see that those resources are put to work in the best possible way to help those most in need. — Bill Gates

Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work, healing, and dying... Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die. — Ivan Illich

The most important thing for aspiring writers is for them to give themselves permission to be brave on the page, to write in the presence of fear, to go to those places that you think you can’t write - really that’s exactly what you need to write. — Cheryl Strayed

Needed quote Sometimes, a break from your routine is the very thing you need.
Sometimes, a break from your routine is the very thing you need.

To practice virtue is to selflessly offer assistance to others, giving without limitation one's time, abilities, and possessions in service, whenever and wherever needed, without prejudice concerning the identity of those in need. — Lao Tzu

I just wanted to make sure that yes, that those horror - they worked as a genre. To me, I just wanted to be touched by the film in the way that I saw plausible. Which is the story about compassion - giving and receiving it in those desperate times of need. — Vera Farmiga

... any men who would give up the law-making power to women in order to remedy existing evils, would surely be those most ready to enact the needful laws themselves. — Catharine Beecher

In Serbia's case, the unresolved accountability for the Bytyqi brothers massacre needs to be resolved. And we would urge you to give this matter prompt and immediate attention to bring those responsible to justice for this tragedy. — Ben Cardin

Inspirational Quotes

Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly - Paulo Coelho

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho

Needed quote You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.
You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. — Helen Keller

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. — John Quincy Adams

Needed quote If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.
If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.

If God is for us, who can be against us? — Paul the Apostle

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle

Biblical Quotes

The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly. — Soren Kierkegaard

The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation. - Dwight L. Moody

The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation. — Dwight L. Moody

I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him. — William Carey

Needed quote He who buys what he does not need stels from himself.
He who buys what he does not need stels from himself.

The biblical model is that God deliberately chooses imperfect vessels - those who have been wounded, those with physical or emotional limitations. Then he prepares them to serve and sends them out with their weakness still evident, so that his strength can be made perfect in that weakness. — Christine Caine

We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself. — Oswald Chambers

Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist. — Oswald J. Smith

Needed quote Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.
Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

Ubuntu is not a biblical concept but an ancient African one. Nevertheless it falls back on one simple thing: that humans have been created for togetherness, and what drives us apart is greed, lust for power, and a sense of exclusion, but those are aberrations. — Allan Boesak

I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week. — John D. Rockefeller

Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. — John the Apostle

... a bad attitude, that the love of money is the root of all evil and the rich are evil and greedy and all that stuff. It’s basically socialism and communism. — Robert Kiyosaki

Helping Others In Need Quotes

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. — Barack Obama

Democracy needs support and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. Democratic nations should come together in an association designed to help each other and promote what is a universal value - democracy. — Benazir Bhutto

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. — Nhat Hanh

Needed quote You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

There is no reward equal to that of doing the most good to the most people in the most need. — Evangeline Booth

My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs. Our single endeavor should be to give ourselves to the work and to be faithful to him, and not to spoil his work by our shortcomings. — Isaac Jogues

No one is so rich that he does not need another's help; no one so poor as not to be useful in some way to his fellow man; and the disposition to ask assistance from others with confidence and to grant it with kindness is part of our very nature. — Pope Leo XIII

Needed quote People who feel the need to control others, don't have control over themselves.
People who feel the need to control others, don't have control over themselves.

I feel that the dormant goodwill in people needs to be stirred. People need to hear that it makes sense to behave decently or to help others, to place common interests above their own, to respect the elementary rules of human coexistence. — Vaclav Havel

You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, ackowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. — Jim Stovall

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion. — Thomas Jefferson

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

Needy People Quotes

One ungrateful person, does an injury to all needy people. - Publilius Syrus

One ungrateful person, does an injury to all needy people. — Publilius Syrus

Most people are only as needy as their unmet needs. — Amir Levine

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow. — Samuel Johnson

If we wait for the needy to walk through our church doors, we may wait a long time. God doesn't wait for people to come to Him. He goes to them. — Beth Moore

...Seattle has unleashed this weird phenomenon on the world called the coffee shop. And the coffee shop, thanks to Starbucks, is the place where socially isolated, lonely, needy people gather together to ignore one another. — Mark Driscoll

It is as much our duty to live in the beauty of the presence of God on some mount of transfiguration until we become white with Christ as it is for us to go down where the needy people grope and grovel, and groan and lift them to new life. — Frank Laubach

When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people. — Jennifer O'Neill

Here's what I think: the five most unattractive traits in people are cheapness, clinginess, neediness, unwillingness to change and jealousy. Jealousy is the worst, and by far the hardest to conceal. — Douglas Coupland

If you cannot free people from their wrongs and see them as the needy people they are, you enslave yourself to your own painful past and by fastening yourself to the past, you let your hate become your future. — Lewis B. Smedes

I just really believe people have to get hungry. I think maybe what we need to do, instead of trying to stuff our beliefs down people's throats, is just pray for them to really be hungry and to see their neediness. — Joyce Meyer

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More Needed Quotes

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art. - Maria Callas quote

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art. — Maria Callas

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. - Charles M. Schulz quote

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. — Charles M. Schulz

Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies. - Paulo Coelho quote

Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies. — Paulo Coelho

Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop. - Ziad K. Abdelnour quote

Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Feel the needs of others more than your own. - Haile Selassie quote

Feel the needs of others more than your own. — Haile Selassie

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. - Pema Chodron quote

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. — Pema Chodron

Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place. - Billy Crystal quote

Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place. — Billy Crystal

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need. - Paulo Coelho quote

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need. — Paulo Coelho

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life. - Marcus Aurelius quote

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life. — Marcus Aurelius

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful. - Caroline Myss quote

When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful. — Caroline Myss

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. - Marcus Tullius Cicero quote

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. - Karl Marx quote

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. — Karl Marx

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. - Paulo Coelho quote

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. — Paulo Coelho

We're only as needy as our unmet needs. - John Bowlby quote

We're only as needy as our unmet needs. — John Bowlby

A friend is known when needed. - Arabic Proverbs quote

A friend is known when needed. — Arabic Proverbs

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain. - Rick Warren quote

Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain. — Rick Warren

One must need to be strong; otherwise, one never becomes strong. - Friedrich Nietzsche quote

One must need to be strong; otherwise, one never becomes strong. — Friedrich Nietzsche

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much. - Robin Lee Graham quote

At sea, I learned how little a person needs, not how much. — Robin Lee Graham

Friendship needs no words... - Dag Hammarskjold quote

Friendship needs no words... — Dag Hammarskjold

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. - Pearl Bailey quote

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. — Pearl Bailey

You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness. - Josemaria Escriva quote

You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness. — Josemaria Escriva

Everything you need God already is. - Priscilla Shirer quote

Everything you need God already is. — Priscilla Shirer

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning. - Pat Riley quote

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning. — Pat Riley

The more you know the less you need to say. - Jim Rohn quote

The more you know the less you need to say. — Jim Rohn

Judges,lawyers an politicians have a license to steal.We don't need one. - Carlo Gambino quote

Judges,lawyers an politicians have a license to steal.We don't need one. — Carlo Gambino

To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map. - William Carey quote

To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map. — William Carey

I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need. - Charles Spurgeon quote

I have a great need for Christ: I have a great Christ for my need. — Charles Spurgeon

When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most. - Drew Barrymore quote

When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most. — Drew Barrymore

Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed. - Teresa of Avila quote

Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed. — Teresa of Avila

One chance is all you need. - Jesse Owens quote

One chance is all you need. — Jesse Owens

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. - Daniel Boone quote

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife. — Daniel Boone

There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments. - Chris Rock quote

There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments. — Chris Rock

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. - Virginia Woolf quote

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. — Virginia Woolf

We need never be ashamed of our tears. - Charles Dickens quote

We need never be ashamed of our tears. — Charles Dickens

A suffering person does not need a lecture - he needs a listener. - Billy Graham quote

A suffering person does not need a lecture - he needs a listener. — Billy Graham

Divine love always has met and always will meet every human need. - Mary Baker Eddy quote

Divine love always has met and always will meet every human need. — Mary Baker Eddy

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. - Leo Buscaglia quote

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. — Leo Buscaglia

Big girls need big diamonds. - Elizabeth Taylor quote

Big girls need big diamonds. — Elizabeth Taylor

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most. - Ashleigh Brilliant quote

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most. — Ashleigh Brilliant

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. - Ellen DeGeneres quote

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon. — Ellen DeGeneres

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. - Albert Camus quote

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. — Albert Camus

Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly? - Frida Kahlo quote

Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly? — Frida Kahlo

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. - Thomas A. Edison quote

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. — Thomas A. Edison

We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful. - Carlos Castaneda quote

We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful. — Carlos Castaneda

Your children need your presence more than your presents. - Jesse Jackson quote

Your children need your presence more than your presents. — Jesse Jackson

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