There are people who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.

Why can’t we realize that it only weakens those we want to help when we do things for them that they should do for themselves?

The greater the number of people present, the less likely an individual is to help someone in need because it is easier to rationalize that someone else will do it.

There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

I don’t love myself; I have other people do that for me.

those who do too much somewhere do too little elsewhere

Know your worth! People always act like they're doing more for you than you're doing for them. Ask yourself this question, "Why would they do that?" Obviously, you bring something to the table for them to even do business with you.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. We must purposely be kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart which goes out of itself gets large and full. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.

I don't think you can do anything for anyone without giving up something of your own.

You refuse to own yourself, you permit others to do it for you

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.

It is a characteristic of the great that they demand far less of other people than of themselves.