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Topic·Helping others✕clear

Film · Musical comedy (film) · Comedy (film) · Musical comedy · Comedy

Dude, I service society by rocking, okay? I'm out there on the front lines liberating people with my music. Rockin' ain't no walk in the park, lady.

School of Rock · 2003

★ 2.0

Paper · Travel writing

So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

1872

★ 3.5

Speech · Political speech

Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

Robert F. Kennedy

1966

★ 3.5

We must bear one another's burdens, we must not look only on our own things but also on the things of our brethren.

1630

★ 3.6

Scripture · Religious literature

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

931 BC

★ 3.7

One good turn deserves another.

Gaius Petronius

Satyricon · 66

★ 3.7

Play · Comedy (play)

Of all human follies there's none could be greater Than trying to render our fellow-men better.

The Misanthrope · 1666

★ 3.7

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Strength to Love · 1963

★ 3.7

Autobiography and memoir

The best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Booker T. Washington

1900

★ 3.8

If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one Life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in Vain.

Emily Dickinson

1886

★ 5.2

Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrows too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief?

Songs of Innocence · 1789

★ 5.5

Song · Pop rock

Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down.

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge over Troubled Water · 1970

★ 5.5

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else.

Charles Dickens

Our Mutual Friend · 1865

★ 7.1

Film · Romantic comedy (film) · Comedy drama (film) · Romantic comedy · Comedy drama

Help me, help you. Help me, help you.

Jerry Maguire · 1996

★ 7.5