Quotes About Altruism

As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Helping others helps you get over yourself and your own problems.

Charity looks at the need and not at the cause.

If you show goodwill and kindness toward those who cannot stand up for themselves, you set a tone of compassion and goodwill that permeates all.

It is a mark of courage to set aside self-interest in order to be of service to others or to a cause.

The only way to truly get more out of life for yourself is to give part of yourself away.

Instead of looking to find a friend, seek situations where you can be a friend, and you will always find what you are looking for.

Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good.

I don't know how I can ever thank you,' David said, struggling into that ridiculous mac again. 'No need. What you can't pay back you pay forward,' Abby said.

Another way to let go of the serious self-importance of the ego that stifles the easy flow of creativity is to spend some time helping other people.

A world without empathy is a world that is dead to others—and if we are dead to others, we are dead to ourselves. The sharing of another's pain can take us past the narrow canyon of selfish disregard, and even cruelty, and into the larger, more expansive landscape of wisdom and compassion.

In the end, I learned that the practice of Not-Knowing is the very ground of altruism, because it opens us up to a much wider horizon than our preconceptions could ever afford us and can let in connection and tenderness.

Look, I could go on and on and on telling you why I hate myself, but it's so self-centered…and I'm not like that. I'm a giver. So I'd rather branch out and start giving it to everyone else.

Kindness must be the highest virtue--don't let me forget that ever. Were I to strive for one thing only 'twould be to be kind to others, as you are, Catherine.

We can all be angels to one another. We can choose to obey the still small stirring within, the little whisper that says, 'Go. Ask. Reach out. Be an answer to someone's plea. You have a part to play. Have faith.' We can decide to risk that He is indeed there, watching, caring, cherishing us as we love and accept love. The world will be a better place for it. And wherever they are, the angels will dance.

but I remembered what a therapist once told me, "People like doing favors for each other. Don't deny someone else the pleasure, Kiki, just because you can't handle feeling obligated.

People don't always give us full credit for our warm, fuzzy side, but it's definitely there. We just love to help." "Fuckin' Mother Teresa of the MC world, Horse. Brings a tear to me eye.

The process of giving is without limits.

Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back.

There aren't many good things don't have a splinter of selfishness in them somewhere, after all.

Make somebody happy today, and mind your own business

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?" —GEORGE ELIOT

he's telling the kids to help others when they need help, and to accept help when they need it themselves.

This act of generosity—Cecelia and Emeline had nothing to gain from him, personally—still struck him as extraordinary.