That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one’s self to others.

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

I always think if you are asking somebody for something it is a good idea to give them something first.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her – for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.

Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

I’ve been a huge fan of Chris Martin forever; it’d be awesome to work with him. He’s really kind, and he’s been really encouraging when we’ve met.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.

If you are not being bullied all I would say – cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well – is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there’s someone in your class that maybe doesn’t have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.

Friends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.

Some people are jerks, and some people aren’t.

Generous people can become more generous as they become richer, giving away vast fortunes to worthwhile causes as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life – that is, to be happy.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.

I just think that it’s strong and it’s important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it’s about the birth of our Savior, and there’s a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe.

Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.

All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race – racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic – what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race.

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.

When I ask people to give, I can’t be on television if they don’t; I can’t help people, if I don’t – I mean, it takes money.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.

Our focus needs to be less on what our legacy’s going to be or how we can control each other and more how we can give to each other.

My mother told me, ‚Son, nobody else but God knows.‘ And that’s what I’m about – reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.

If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

Many people look at me and think they know me but they don’t at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‚If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?‘ But… the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‚If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?‘

All of us are mentors. You’re mentors right here and now. And one of the things I’ve always done throughout my life, I have always found that person, that group of people that I was going to reach my hand out and help bring them along with me.

I’m generous. I give good tips. It’s just – the way I live my life, ironically enough, is: I don’t want anything. I’m not a consumer. I don’t crave objects.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

The blessed of us must save the less of us. I’m blessed, and yeah, I’m planning to go to Heaven.

Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused – in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened – by the recurrence of Christmas.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God – the rest will be given.

We’re a blip in the existence of the universe, and we’re constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.

A true man hates no one.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.

Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God’s perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.

Never elated when someone’s oppressed, never dejected when another one’s blessed.

It’s that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so ‚don’t fuss, dear; get on with it.‘