Miguel Quotes

Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.

They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that's the beginning of love, to give until it hurts.

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.

Never refuse any who ask you for help; if your pockets are empty, give them hope. Your every action must be born of kindness, your every word spoken with love. Live as God would have you live, and others will be inspired to do the same.

When you meet the needy your heart grows bigger

I was amazed by this person who, even though she had everything, would go to feed the homeless and visit sick children and Aids victims. It was like a fairy tale. Who was she really? Why did she do this? She was trying to find love. I wanted the world to see her kindness, her humility: I think she realised that would be her way.

Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.

There's not a day I live that doesn't start with me getting up and first saying, "What can I do for somebody else?" Whether that means sending something to one of my children or picking up the phone and calling a stranger who is in the hospital, I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself.

We love most those who we serve most.

You'll not be in heaven if you're not leaning on the arm of someone you have helped.

Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.

The Christmas spirit does not shine out in the Christian snob. For the Christmas spirit is the spirit of those who, like their Master, live their whole lives on the principle of making themselves poor -- spending and being spent -- to enrich their fellow humans, giving time, trouble, care and concern, to do good to others -- and not just their own friends -- in whatever way there seems need.

Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.

Charity opens the heart.

Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.

Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.

I have found that the only thing that does bring you happiness is doing something good for somebody who is incapable of doing it for themselves.

America is the most giving nation on Earth. One of the best ways to feel better is by doing something for somebody else.

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

… true evangelical faith ... clothes the naked; feeds the hungry; consoles the afflicted; shelters the miserable; aids and consoles all the oppressed; returns good for evil; serves those that injure it; prays for those that persecute it.

My faith is central to everything I do. My faith position is a Good Samaritan position of trying to watch out for the other person.

I just want to help people, especially with the platform I'm on. I try and help people as much as possible.