X

Assistance Quotes



Quotations about Assistance

We all of us need assistance. Those who sustain others themselves want to be sustained. ~ Maurice Hulst

It is a kingly act to assist the fallen. ~ Ovid

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. ~ Mother Teresa

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for. ~ Titus Maccius Plautus

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance. ~ Simone Weil

A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval. ~ Mark Twain

I can’t for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone. ~ Jenny Shipley

I’ve always thought that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way. ~ Princess Diana

Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is started, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance. ~ Robert Collier

Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. ~ Samuel Johnson

Give us a religion that will help us to live — we can die without assistance. ~ Elbert Hubbard

Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought. ~ Eugenio Montale

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. ~ Jean Paul

Be more charitable: don’t follow the path of least assistance. ~ Author Unknown

Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can. ~ Princess Diana

There is no sinner in the world, however much at enmity with God, who cannot recover God’s grace by recourse to Mary, and by asking her assistance. ~ St. Bridget of Sweden

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to a statement you wish to make. ~ John Ruskin

For the cause that lacks assistance, The wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do. ~ George Linnaeus Banks

The proverb warns; “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. ~ Thomas Szasz

We all need each other. ~ Leo Buscaglia

Whoever is in the distress can call me. I will come running wherever they are. ~ Princess Diana

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. ~ Miguel De Cervantes

He that wants should not be bashful. ~ Italian Proverbs

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice. ~ Marquis De Vauvenargues

We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs. ~ Brother Lawrence

Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life. ~ Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Without the assistance of the divine being… I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength; but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace. ~ David Brainerd

Sometimes give your services for nothing, calling to mind a previous benefaction or present satisfaction. And if there be an opportunity of serving one who is a stranger in financial straits, give full assistance to all such. ~ Hippocrates

No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked. ~ Jan Egeland

The sun will set without thy assistance. ~ The Talmud

The most noble charity is to prevent our neighbor from having the need to accept charity, and the best gift is to teach and assist our neighbors in giving freely. ~ Sina M. Reid

Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will. ~ Thomas a Kempis

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole. ~ Baruch Benedict de Spinoza

God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Spirit, for such things as God has promised. ~ John Bunyan

When you give to aid scholars, you gain a share in their learning. ~ Rabbi Nabman ben Simba