Sydney Smith Quotes

Whenever I see people in difficulty, I just try to help them. In fact, I believe I have helped over 700,000 people in my life.

When I was younger, me and my dad used to do different things. I don't think I would call it community service. It was more just us doing nice things. We used to donate to Goodwill or do can drives. Give people money if they needed it. Little things like that.

To me, there are saints every day. They stand up and help others and live for others and do things for others.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Whenever somebody reaches above their own limitations - I always tell people, the best time to go give is when you have nothing.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

I love helping out good people who are doing good things.

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 been doing good deeds since I was just a small child.

Travis Alexander was a good guy. Was he a saint? No. But he was somebody who was really, really invested in helping other people and making this world a better place. Everything he did, even the car he drove, was a sign of him trying to be a force for good in this world.

God blesses him who helps his brother.

So, I gave my belts out to others to give them a chance.

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

How much good do you suppose condescending charity does?

No one would have remembered the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions. He had money as well.

My parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot: buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to people in hospices, giving spare change to those asking for it.

My message is that giving is very important. Giving is a Jewish thing, and I like to talk about that. There's nothing more important, personally, for anybody than being able to give.

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

When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.

I like writing about people who spend their time trying to help others for the greater good. That's what Americans are supposed to be about, right?

I can't help that we help people so much.

I've tried to do a lot of good for a lot of people.