William James Quotes

If you only think about yourself - how much money can I make, what can I buy, how nice is my house, what kind of fancy car do I have? - over the long term, I think, you get bored. I think your life becomes diminished. The way to live a full life is to think: What can I do for others?

You can't save everyone, though God knows you try.

I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.

The decision to give ourselves to others is a daily taking up of the cross.

There's nothing that feels better than to do something nice for somebody. I mean nothing feels better.

Evelyn Waugh: How do you get your main pleasure in life, Sir William? Sir William Beveridge: I get mine trying to leave the world a better place than I found it. Waugh: I get mine spreading alarm and despondency and I get more satisfaction than you do.

Try to treat others as you would want them to treat you

Don't just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it's about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect.

Try to love others and serve others and hopefully find those who love and serve you in return.

Your actions toward others are your bank deposit. It's easy to be good to nice people, but try to be caring to everyone. It is a test.

Don't be a jerk. Try to love everyone. Give more than you take. And do it despite the fact that you only really like about seven out of 500 people.

Cheerfulness is a sign of a generous and mortified person who forgetting all things, even herself, tries to please her God in all she does for souls. Cheerfulness is often a cloak which hides a life of sacrifice and a continual union with God.

The good life begins with Christ and ends with me. I need to stop following me and stop trying to make life all about me.

Next time I want to do something nice, slap me.

We are all so preoccupied with ourselves. How can I get happy, how can I find the job I love, how can I become a millionaire, how can lose weight. Yet, the reality is that fulfillment, success and all of these good things comes from trying to help those that we care about to achieve those things.

She had discovered that the best remedy for heartache was trying to make herself useful to others.

Always when I come to the field, I try to do my best for other people.

That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity?I care about others as well.

You give away nice like it doesn't cost you anything.

Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.

I find trying to solve problems and save lives is far more important than my film career.

I don't know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It's the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.

I like the assumption that everyone is trying his best, and we should all just be kind to each other.

He just explained that he just wanted to help people and that was his way of helping people of, you know, being someone that he wasn't and trying to connect with somebody on a different level too and help 'em out.