Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes

Some of our finest work comes through service to others.

All of us, whether or not we're celebrities, every one ought to spend part of their life making someone else's life better.

No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

No definition of a quality life does not include service to others.

… true evangelical faith ... clothes the naked; feeds the hungry; consoles the afflicted; shelters the miserable; aids and consoles all the oppressed; returns good for evil; serves those that injure it; prays for those that persecute it.

Doing Good Is My Religion

Go forth Monks and bring happiness to the many.

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.

Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.

Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.

Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.

Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.

We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for others

Hands that serve are holier than lips that pray.

People may excite in themselves a glow of compassion, not by toasting their feet at the fire, and saying: "Lord, teach me compassion," but by going and seeking an object that requires compassion.

Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.

I feel like giving back is in my blood.

The most important service to others is service to those who are not like yourself.

Modern conveniences grant us more free time to focus on spiritual needs and devote more time to personal service. But the basic element which should never change in the lives of righteous young women is giving service to others.

The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to gather is to scatter.

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

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.