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Booker T. Washington1 quote
The best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else. — Booker T. Washington · 1900Charles Dickens1 quote
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for any one else. — Charles Dickens · 1865Dewey Finn1 quote
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. — Dewey Finn · 2003Emily Dickinson1 quote
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 · 1886Gaius Petronius1 quote
One good turn deserves another. — Gaius Petronius · 66Jerry Maguire1 quote
Help me, help you. Help me, help you. — Jerry Maguire · 1996John Winthrop1 quote
We must bear one another's burdens, we must not look only on our own things but also on the things of our brethren. — John Winthrop · 1630Martin Luther King, Jr.1 quote
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. · 1963Moliere1 quote
Of all human follies there's none could be greater
Than trying to render our fellow-men better. — Moliere · 1666Robert F. Kennedy1 quote
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 · 1966Robert Louis Stevenson1 quote
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 · 1872Simon & Garfunkel1 quote
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down. — Simon & Garfunkel · 1970William Blake1 quote
Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrows too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief? — William Blake · 1789