Timothy Sullivan Quotes

It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

I think the greatest thing that we can do is take care of each other.

It's amazing how people will give when you don't ask. Many of them send money because they believe in the message.

I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.

The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

We can't turn our back on people who need help.

Though we cannot relieve all the distressed, we should relieve as many as we can.

One of the great characteristics of America is that we do try and help each other.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

You don't have to wait for a tragedy to occur to rush to help those in need.

We have a responsibility to help those around us and help others in need.

Everyone has needs, but Food for the Hungry is something that people can grasp onto as a practical way to step outside of themselves, take a risk, and give.

Even if you don't have anything, even if you've got a quarter in your pocket, to share with someone else who has nothing really helps.

The concept that a person who has a lot holds his hand out to someone who has less, or someone who isn't hurting holds his hand out to someone who is, is simply a human trait that has nothing to do with celebrity. I am confounded at the stinginess of some institutions and some people. I'm bewildered by it. You can only put away so much stuff in your closet.

The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.

Compassion is loving others enough to say or do what is appropriate from an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome.

Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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.

I always pull over for people who need a push.

My values, our values, aren't about pointing fingers. They are about offering a helping hand.

Kindness goes a long ways lots of times when it ought to stay at home.

Service is the key to everything in life.