It is so much easier to tell a person what to do with his problems than to stand with him in his pain.
No matter what scales we use, we can never know the weight of another person’s burden.
The debt we owe to God is payable to man.
How much I’m willing to sacrifice is the measure of my love.
God’s part we cannot do; our part He will not do.
Time in Christ’s service requires time out for renewal.
Train your heart up to give sympathy and your hand to give help.
Nothing costs as much as caring—except not caring.
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
A Christian shows what he is by what he does with what he has.
God cares for people through people.
The boy in the Bible who gave up his loaves and fishes didn’t have to go hungry.
A Christian cares when the world despairs.
When it comes to doing things for others, some people stop at nothing.
One measure of our likeness to Christ is our sensitivity to the sufferings of others.
It is better to suffer for the cause of Christ than for the cause of Christ to suffer.
The highest reward a man can receive for his toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.
Good received blesses much; good imparted blesses more.
We are not cisterns made for hoarding but channels made for sharing.
A blessing that is shared is not halved but doubled.
The only people you should try to get even with are those who helped you.
The best exercise on earth is to reach down and pull a person up.
When you help someone up the hill, you find yourself closer to the top.
It seems that heads, hearts, and hands would settle the world’s trouble much better than arms.
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority; the test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
Give your best to the world and the best will come back to you.
He who receives a blessing should not forget it—he who gives it should not remember it.
Don’t hoard ideas—the more you radiate the more you germinate.
There is nothing so taking as generous giving.
He who gives when he is asked has waited too long.
To touch the heart of another, use your heart.
We die by living to ourselves; we live by dying to ourselves.
The best goodness is habitual goodness.
The biggest step you can take is the one you take when you meet the other person half way.
When you help others to grow, you grow yourself.
If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of others.
Money can’t buy happiness—unless you spend it on somebody else.
A little encouragement can spark a great endeavor.
We show who we love by what we do with what we have.
Our job is not to see through one another but to see one another through.
The ultimate miracle of love is this—that love is given to us to give to one another.
How much one knows is not as important as what he does with what he knows.
What we give determines our wealth—not what we get.
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
Realize that every material thing you have isn’t owned but loaned to you from God.
The man who collects knowledge without passing it on to others is like a fruit tree in the desert.
The best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else to solve his.
If your Christianity is worth having, it’s worth sharing.
A selfish heart loves for what it can get; a Christian heart loves for what it can give.
Porcupine Christians—they have many good points, but you cannot get close to them.
Those who give most are least concerned about returns.
If you share another’s burden, both of you will walk straighter.
The things you do for nothing are often the most revealing.
Everybody should have some secret sorrows; don’t tell others all your troubles.
Whatever we possess becomes double value when we share it with others.
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.