Quotes About Altruism

Everything that lives, lives not alone, not for itself.

The only way to truly get power is to give it away.

Sirve a los demás».

We live for ourselves only when we live for others.

The great women and men of the world were all givers, not takers. Renounce the common delusion that those who accumulate the most win. Instead, do work that is heroic

Breve es la vida. No olvides lo más importante que hay en ella, como es vivir para el prójimo y obrar bien por él.

La cosa más noble que puedes hacer es dar a los demás.

Una buena acción, por pequeña que sea, pone en marcha una buena consecuencia.

I don't think about what I'll get from someone else. Instead, all I care about is what I can give. And that, my friend, has made me a very happy man.

Todos los grandes hombres y mujeres del mundo son personas que dan, no toman.

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.

Sense of sacrifice is good but only if you're sacrificing your own life; once you sacrifice another's life you've overstepped the mark.

Beneath every society where self-interest pays off, lies a foundation of self-sacrifice.

First, a man may in some ways be superior to his fellows and still serve them, if together they serve a common cause which is greater than any one man. I believe that I serve such a cause, or I would not be doing it.

He constantly reminded his son that it was easier to launch a charitable commitment than to end it.

Rockefeller's philanthropy was relatively discreet.

He sometimes represented poor people in criminal cases on a pro bono basis or was paid with just a barrel of ham.

To live with his own conscience, he told his father, he had to resign from the trust and devote his life to philanthropy.

For many in the North, the high drama of preserving the union and emancipating the slaves had exhausted their capacity for altruism, leaving a residual contagion of greed.

Wanting to dedicate himself to philanthropy

Rockefeller never had a single motive for any action and was surely motivated by more than altruism in championing cheap kerosene.

I try to do the right thing. Even though everybody hates us and nobody helps us and nobody thanks us afterward. I think doing the right thing is an end in itself. It has to be, really, doesn't it?

What makes a Samaritan good is the possibility of the lunge.

William Perkins said, "The end of a man's calling is not to gather riches for himself…but to serve God in the serving of man, and in the seeking the good of all men.