Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes

One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others. When we succeed in this, we find that the scale of our own problems diminishes. This is not to say we should ignore our own needs altogether, but rather that we should try to remember others' needs alongside our own, no matter how pressing ours may be

Once asked what action he would recommend if a person were to feel a nervous breakdown coming on: Lock up your house, go across the railroad tracks, and find someone in need and do something for him.

That was when I found out that the best way in the world to make yourself feel better when you have hit bottom is to try to get somebody else to feel better. There are certain things in life that are truly worth knowing, and that is one of the big ones.

Everyone has problems. When you think you want to end your life, maybe you could be there for someone else and can learn something.

I think if you can take care of yourself, and then maybe try to take care of someone else, that's sort of how you're supposed to live.

If you are feeling helpless, help someone.

When charity requires it we must freely and mildly communicate to our neighbor not only what is his instruction, but also what is profitable for his consolation.

Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.

That's why I wrote 'Fighter'. I have that need in me to help people. I am all about the underdog.

I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something.

I think as a woman it's in our nature to nurture someone else. Sometimes at the expense of ourselves.

It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.

For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.

It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice.

Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.

Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

The key to overcoming aloneness and a feeling of uselessness for one who is physically able is to step outside yourself by helping others who are truly needy. We promise those who will render this kind of service that, in some measure, you will be healed of the loss of loved ones or the dread of being alone. The way to feel better about your own situation is to improve someone else's circumstances.

A stroke is a very difficult thing. You get depressed. . . . What I found was this: the cure for depression is to think of others, to do for others. You can always find something to be grateful for.

What we do for others has a direct impact on how we feel about ourselves.

Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

It's hard to be a friend to someone who's depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.

The work of your heart, the work of taking time, to listen, to help, is also your gift to the whole of the world

The best medicine for despair is service.

Why should my love be powerless to help another?