Top 200 Helping Others Quotes (2025 Update)
Page 2 of 4

51. “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.”

— Leo Tolstoy

52. “I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”

— Khalil Gibran

53. “My religion is kindness.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

54. “It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”

— Mother Teresa

55. “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”

— Ronald Reagan

56. “For it is in giving that we receive.”

— Francis of Assisi

57. “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”

— Princess Diana

58. “One person caring about another represents life’s greatest value.”

— Jim Rohn

59. “I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”

— Stephen Grellet

60. “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.”

— Margaret Fuller

61. “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

— Desmond Tutu

62. “Heal the world! Stop the hate. Lend a helping hand to those in need.”

— Michael Jackson

63. “Bringing people together is what i call ‘ubuntu,’ which means ‘I am because we are.’ Far too often people think of themselves as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole world. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.”

— Desmond Tutu

64. “Intense love does not measure, it just gives.”

— Mother Teresa

65. “I want the world to be better because I was here. I want my life, I want my work, my family, I want it to mean something and if you are not making someone else’s life better then you are wasting your time.”

— Will Smith

66. “Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”

— Mother Teresa

67. “Never be so busy as not to think of others.”

— Mother Teresa

68. “To be a Baha’i simply means to love all the world; to love humanity and try to serve it; to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood.”

— Abdu'l-Bahá

69. “Give, but give until it hurts.”

— Mother Teresa

70. “If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.”

— John Lewis

71. “If you want to achieve your goals, help others achieve theirs.”

— Zig Ziglar

72. “Be intentional about adding value to every person you meet every day.”

— John C. Maxwell

73. “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.”

— Albert Schweitzer

74. “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.”

— Fred Rogers

75. “Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.”

— Ruth Carter Stapleton

76. “This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

77. “The most important thing is to have a sense of responsibility, commitment, and concern for each of our fellow human beings.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

78. “When you can’t get a miracle, you can still be a miracle for someone else.”

— Nick Vujicic

79. “The greatest rewards come when you give of yourself. It’s about bettering the lives of others, being part of something bigger than yourself, and making a positive difference.”

— Nick Vujicic

80. “It’s not enough to be compassionate. You must act.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

81. “I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.”

— Mother Teresa

82. “The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.”

— Mother Teresa

83. “To add value to others, one must first value others.”

— John C. Maxwell

84. “The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

85. “No joy can equal the joy of serving others.”

— Sai Baba

86. “Faith in action is love, and love in action is service. By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put ourselves in contact with God Himself, with Jesus our Lord.”

— Mother Teresa

87. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

— Booker T. Washington

88. “Happiness may be found only by helping others to find it.”

— Napoleon Hill

89. “Let us be kind to one another, to be aware of each other’s needs, and try to help in that regard.”

— Thomas S. Monson

90. “I’m on a mission to help people grow and give. The more they grow the more they can give, the more life they build, the greater the quality of their life.”

— Tony Robbins

91. “You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That’s how prayer works.”

— Pope Francis

92. “If you want to be wisely selfish, care for others.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

93. “Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.”

— Ram Dass

94. “You are not a true success unless you are helping others be successful.”

— Jon Gordon

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

— Brian Tracy

96. “The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

97. “The life of Jesus is a life for others. It is a life of service.”

— Pope Francis

98. “The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.”

— Mother Teresa

99. “I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.”

— Fred Rogers

100. “The servant leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve.”

— Robert K. Greenleaf