Gertrude Himmelfarb Quotes

Your government is still on the same side of the street as the Good Samaritan and not those who pass by on the other side.

At the core of every religion is the belief that we care for everyone....It's not too late to help a neighbor in need and to do it with the swiftness, expertise, generosity and love that resides in the best of who we are.

It is only by doing good to others that one attains to one's own good

Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero?

What's so touching is the way we fight the war right until the moment our business is taken care of and then we turn on a dime and we immediately start taking care of people. It's like a shock and aw shucks campaign.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

I don't really have a lot of appropriate feelings for people on an individual basis, but I've always wanted to make people happy.

If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.

I really don't like hurting people; I like making people feel good.

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems.

That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good.

I have no responsibilities but to make people's lives better.

The stirrings of morality emerge early in childhood. Toddlers spontaneously offer toys and help to others and try to comfort people they see in distress.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.

To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.

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

Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian.

I hope to work harder than ever to help people around the world.