Thomas More Quotes

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

I never think people should do things for me. I think I should do things for others. That makes me more comfortable.

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

it is the personal and individual thing which is done by one human being for another that is the most valuable assistance which can be rendered in time of trouble. Better not only for the one who receives, but a thousand times happier for the one who gives.

I will take any opportunity to help others.

Really, I just want to help my family, my friends and people in general.

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

Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.

Give people not only your care, but also your heart.

There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.

I want to take care of people. I want to help people. The maximum joy that I have is when I can create something that makes someone else's life lighter, brighter, or better.

When you least feel like it, do something for someone else. You forget about your own situation. It gives you a purpose, as opposed being sorrowful and lonely.

The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.

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.

The cheapest gift I have to give is kindness, and it is the best.

As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.

Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

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

I have found that the only thing that does bring you happiness is doing something good for somebody who is incapable of doing it for themselves.

I have quite a strong sense of wanting to sort of, wanting to help others. I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.

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

I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.

I've been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.

America is the most giving nation on Earth. One of the best ways to feel better is by doing something for somebody else.