Tim LaHaye Quotes

I give a portion of my time to helping others. It is good for my own health.

We are all so preoccupied with ourselves. How can I get happy, how can I find the job I love, how can I become a millionaire, how can lose weight. Yet, the reality is that fulfillment, success and all of these good things comes from trying to help those that we care about to achieve those things.

Ten cures for depression are to go out and do something for someone else and repeat it nine times.

We often equate charity with visiting the sick, taking in casseroles to those in need, or sharing our excess with those who are less fortunate. But really, true charity is much, much more. Real charity is not something you give away; it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself. And when the virtue of charity becomes implanted in your heart, you are never the same again.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

Giving is like a muscle. To be strong, you have to exercise it, and to grow as a person, giving is the exercise. You can't really enjoy anything without sharing it.

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

There's nothing more rewarding than making a difference doing charity work or being able to be there for a friend.

I know for a fact that I am not as fulfilled, happy or passionate about life if I have not spent time helping others.

If you're feeling helpless, help someone.

I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your local hospital and help out in the pediatric unit.

Just the service aspect of running a nonprofit is so gratifying because it takes the attention off yourself. I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor. But it's really designed to focus on yourself, or it can be. So it's good to have something else to focus on that reminds you that it's not always about you.

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

As I got more successful, I felt it was more incumbent upon me to help the other people. I did more and more and the more I did the more I wanted.

Acting is a smaller piece in a big puzzle. There are charity things I want to immerse myself in and want to have the time to go and give back to people who don't have the opportunities I have. It's a very important thing to me.

After convincing myself that was maybe you should at least help out your neighborhood, I really started to think about it later on in life.

I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others.

In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need it.

I love donating my time and serving other people. Just seeing the faces of people in need light up when they see you... There is no way I can put it into words. You feel like you did something right.

I want to go out and help people and share love where love is needed.

I was sitting around, moping and feeling badly for myself. I went to the hospital to visit a child, and it hit me: helping people is what I'm meant to do.

People feel good serving others.

I'm one of those people who want to give back and see other people do better.

If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.

In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.