Practical Help Quotes

When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words, saying, 'Have faith and take your troubles to God.' Act instead as though there were no God, as though there were only one person in the world who could help -- only yourself.

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.

I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me.

Animals may be our friends, but they won't pick you up at the airport.

These problems are real, and you can't turn off real life. So I won't try. Instead, I'll give you a set of tools to help you deal with real life.

To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.

A kind word is no substitute for a piece of herring or a bag of oats.

Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.

In your Salvation shelter I saw poverty, misery, cold and hunger. You gave them bread and treacle and dreams of heaven. I give from thirty shillings a week to twelve thousand a year. They find their own dreams; but I look after the drainage.

My desire, my passion, was to help moms with practical encouragement.

Cash is cold comfort under these circumstances. But make no mistake about it; It is some comfort.

What about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?

If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.

I had several moms who knew and didn't bring gifts for the baby and instead brought me food, candles, journals - the women who were like, "Actually, I know this is a tough time for you, and it's much more important that I show up here instead of to the baby shower."

If someone needs help, I don't do tea and sympathy, but I'm honest and practical - that's how I was brought up.

If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways.

To expect people to be good, to be just, to be temperate, etc., without showing them how they should become so, seems like the ineffectual charity mentioned by the apostle, which consisted in saying to the hungry, the cold and the naked, be ye fed, be ye warmed, be ye clothed, without showing them how they should get food, fire or clothing.

A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you get down to it, is worth more.

Good advice is never as helpful as an interest-free loan.

There were many struggles, but my parents supported me a lot. Whenever I wanted anything, wherever I wanted to go, practice session etc., they were there for me.

Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions.

Sympathy butters no parsnips.

I call my mother every day for things: 'How long do you cook an egg for?' Or, 'Can you remind me of our dentist's phone number at home?'

Sympathy is important, but it rings hollow if not followed by action.

My friends would say I'm not the person to go to for tea, a cuddle and sympathy, because I can't deliver. But if you want something sorted out and need a champion who will stand by your side, that is me.