Stephen King Quotes

They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that's the beginning of love, to give until it hurts.

I was amazed by this person who, even though she had everything, would go to feed the homeless and visit sick children and Aids victims. It was like a fairy tale. Who was she really? Why did she do this? She was trying to find love. I wanted the world to see her kindness, her humility: I think she realised that would be her way.

My mother once said, "A beggar must always give to another beggar that's worse off than he is." That has always stuck with me.

Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.

I think no human being can give more than this. Making life possible for the other, if only for a moment.

The Master lives within everyone. When you give food to the one who is starving, when you give water to the one who is thirsty, when you cover the one who is cold, you give your love to the Master.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

When you discover the wonder of giving, you will wonder how you could have lived so long in any other way.

I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy.

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

My father (Danny Thomas) used to tell me there are two kinds of people, the takers and the givers. 'The takers sometimes eat better,' he would say, 'but the givers always sleep better.'

Charity opens the heart.

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.

To be loved is important as is having a sense of accomplishment but to love is equally important in life especially when it is combined with taking action to do something for someone else to make their life better.

You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

When I do nice things for people it just feels so natural. I have a big heart.

If we don't spend our time on this earth looking out for one another, what are we really doing with our lives?

When you meet the needy your heart grows bigger

If I could make only one wish for a child, I'd wish him the quality of lovingness.

The Secret of living is giving

Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.

Have you known what it is to give your meal to another and to go without yourself? It gives a happiness that no dinner eaten by yourself can give. Have you known what it is to give your coat to another and do without it yourself? It gives a joy that the satisfaction of your own wants cannot give you.

He brought toys to the children because they were little and helpless, and because he loved them.

How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.