Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.

I don't usually talk about the social work I do because I don't do it for publicity. If I can bring a smile to the face of a few children in this one lifetime, I'd be happy.

Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.

I was amazed by this person who, even though she had everything, would go to feed the homeless and visit sick children and Aids victims. It was like a fairy tale. Who was she really? Why did she do this? She was trying to find love. I wanted the world to see her kindness, her humility: I think she realised that would be her way.

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

When paying charity, one should smile and be humble, allowing the hand of the indigent to be above the giver's hand.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic person.

I'm not one to speak about myself. I like to speak about the people around me.

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

It is more pleasant to remember others than to be remembered.

The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you.

When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.

Whenever I had anything and saw a fellow being suffering, I was more anxious to relieve him than to benefit myself. And this is one of the true secrets of my being a poor man to this day.

I am learning to be more humble and giving as a person.

It's just not our style to put our names on the philanthropy we've done. It's not in the Jewish tradition of tzedakah.

I already do some charity, but I don't necessarily talk about it. That doesn't mean I don't do it.

I learnt my lessons very early on that it's probably a good thing to be humble in victory as well as defeat.

I've known Oprah since 1998 or 1999. It is incredible how amazing she is. When you are around her, you see how considerate, giving and wonderful she is with the people around her.

It's bizarre to be given an award for being empathetic and kind, which is what we all should be.

If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you.