Max Lucado Quotes

We are fortunate people. It is our need and responsibility to help our fellow man.

Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.

One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve.

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

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder.'

The problem with compassion is that it is not photogenic.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

People love me or hate me and all I think about is the people that I know and suffer with different causes and carry on my charity work and that's what keeps me alive really.

Compassion and mercy are important, period. It doesn't matter who's at our receiving end, but we need to be flexing those muscles. It's not mutually exclusive: If you have compassion for children starving in Africa, it doesn't mean you can't have compassion for adults in Africa or animals that are being tortured and abused.

I'm one of those people that, if I hear about something happening, I go crazy. I want to go help.

I think often times when people choose to be part of a charity; it's usually because something is very personal.

Although there are people saying I'm putting on a show, I'm hoping more will emulate my 'performance.' If more people did, more needy people would get help.

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience - to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers.

I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.

For me, the difference between an 'ordinary' and an 'extraordinary' person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.

Though we cannot relieve all the distressed, we should relieve as many as we can.

The end of all education should surely be service to others

People are nicer than economists give us credit for. The economists cannot understand why people would work long and hard to clean up a community after a hurricane. … Most economists don’t have any interest in or understanding of psychology.

My belief is that people are innately good and innately do want to help their fellow man.

Philanthropic work reminds you of everyone's common humanity, and that's really the common denominator for everyone.

I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings.

It is my duty to bring awareness to people in need.