Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results.

It helps me when I help people.

I'd rather have happiness than money. People ask for it. Sometimes when I don't have it. I make other people's problems my problem because they want me to; they ask me to.

The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I've helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money.

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.

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

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

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.

There's so much that I can give as a human being - and I know that.

Now Hillary Clinton and I are 'companeros de alma.' And we share this basic belief: it's simple. Do all the good you can and serve one another. Pretty simple.

If we don't spend our time on this earth looking out for one another, what are we really doing with our lives?

If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all the big thoughts I could have at the university.

The root of happiness is altruism - the wish to be of service to others.

One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.

The more we help others, the more we help ourselves

We all can't be famous but we can all be great and we become great when we serve others

We are surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness... We are the Lord’s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us

This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others.

Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can't help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That's what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.

I like to be useful to people.

If you want your life to get better, sometimes the best thing you can do is to help improve somebody else's life.

We love most those who we serve most.

Make others truly happy as you strive to make yourself happy. Speak a helpful word. Give a cheering smile. Do a kind act. Serve a little. Wipe the tears of one who is in distress. Render smooth a rough place in another's path. You will feel great joy.

You don't have to be one of the Elders. You don't have to be well known. You just have to be determined to care about people. That's all it takes.