Quotes About Altruism

There may be another life, and if there is, the best way to prepare for it is by making somebody happy in this.

Many obstacles to the expansion of good will have presented themselves.

Any time I'm donating to charity, I feel it's very daunting.

Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way.

Compassion comes from a choice and not the liberal definition of a choice - the choice to say I can do with a little less so my brother can have a little more.

I'm delighted to be Number 1, but next week I don't want people to buy my record, I want them to buy Band Aid.

A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings.

If someone were lying on the road dying would it matter to you who came to save you? If it was a Democrat or a Republican, would it matter?

I didn't know people can be good. I didn't know people are designed to be good and help one another.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

When we stop thinking about ourselves, when we stop being so devoted to 'me,' we can start behaving in a way that actually benefits others!

There is a difference between being self-interested and being selfish. I will never be selfish.

Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit.

You must remember, my own philosophy is that you don't belong only to yourself. You have an obligation to the society which protected you when you were brought into the world, which taught you, which supported you and nurtured you. You have an obligation to repay it.

From paying off friends' tax bills to rescuing stray dogs and stuffing £20 notes into the hands of homeless people, I can't get rid of my money fast enough.

Also, because schools must teach the spirit of goodwill, the habit of helping others around you, every class should have this rule: students, if you bring software to class you may not keep it for yourself.

In order to be a great team you have to be selfless.

My personal goals have always and will always take a backseat to the team.

I don't go out there to score goals, as I am just as happy if I provide an assist for a teammate.

Whenever I see that a teammate is in a better position, I will pass the ball.

I love to set up my teammates. I am not here to be a star, to show off. I am here to play for the others, but if I have to try and clinch a game, then I will.

There comes a time when you have to step back and balance yourself with the needs of others.

In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.