Quotes About Altruism

It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

The idea of service to humanity, putting yourself in situations where people have much less than you do, puts life in perspective.

The best way to uplift our own lives is to do all we can to uplift the lives of others.

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft.

So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal.

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

I want to save my people. That is the purpose of my life

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.

Cowards live for the sake of living, but for heroes, life is a weapon, a thing to be spent, a gift to be given to the weak and the lost and the weary, even to the foolish and the cowardly.

I like the idea of knowing that somebody somewhere made a difference so that your life could be better.

We have two choices in life: One is to fulfill ourselves. The other is to take the time and energy that we would utilize in fulfilling ourselves and use it to make others happy.

Living a life of service, rather than one of expression, is a serious mistake, because expressing who we really are is the greatest service we can perform.

Life wants you to serve something more than yourself. When you serve something more than yourself, you are served. It's the most ironic thing in the world.

Life is short, very short, and what are we doing here if not trying to become more generous and loving?

A person may rightfully be happy if in this life he could do a great favor for widows and orphans, could assist support than, and facilitate fate of people.

I want to take care of people. I want to help people. The maximum joy that I have is when I can create something that makes someone else's life lighter, brighter, or better.

A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to tomorrow is giving pleasure to other people.

There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

I wish no living thing to suffer pain.

Our job in life is to make a positive difference, not prove we're right.

Not to share one's goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs.

The way not to lead a monotonous life is to live for others.