Samuel Wilson Quotes

We feel like if we miss a Sunday at church, that's one thing, but we can't miss an opportunity to help.

Ours was a never a 'religious' religious home because my parents thought of religion as something you do: it's the way you engage in the local community. That has meant a lot to me.

I came to know God when I was 12, started working in the ministry when I was 13, working in the slum area, living among the poor, loving it, and having this belief that to love the poor I needed to be poor.

For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.

The evidence shows that religious people - defined by regular attendance at a place of worship - actually do make better neighbors.

I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to spread to the community.

It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something.

The kids go to a Quaker school. Their father and I believe a lot in community, social responsibility, making sure you give to people less fortunate than you.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

My day goes by coordinating things like transport for migrant workers, taking government permissions, organizing food among other things. And I feel very happy and satisfied. If I was shooting, I wouldn't have had all the time in the world. Now, that I have all the time, it is important to give that to the needy.

We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families.

I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home in South Africa. My father is a very caring and generous individual.

Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness.

From my early school days, I was brought up with the belief that we have a duty to use our talents, to volunteer and to make a contribution.

My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar.

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then.

I think we need to do some deep soul searching about what's important in our lives and renew our spirit and our spiritual thinking, whether it's through faith-based religion or just through loving nature or helping your fellow man.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.

Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves.

I watched my parents in their leadership callings in the Church and the community. We just grew up knowing that we should serve and do whatever we could do to make things grow.

Inviting others to help us with our work in the Church helps them feel needed and helps them feel the Spirit. When these feelings come, many people often then realize that something has been missing from their lives.

I just want to be remembered as a person who loved God, who served others more than he served himself, who was trying to grow in maturity and stability.

The idea of community and helping others has always been a part of who I am. Growing up, my parents always made sure that my siblings and I were doing our part to serve our local community.

No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.