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Quotes About Altruism

We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend upon material success . . . but on Jesus alone.
~ Frances Xavier Cabrini
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?
~ Brian Tracy
Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
~ Barack Obama
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
~ Danny Thomas
A warrior's mission is to foster the success of others.
~ Morihei Ueshiba
Yet one more item is needed to complete success, and that is the rendering of service to others in the community. Without this the mere satisfaction of selfish desire does not reach the top notch.
~ Robert Baden-Powell
For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.
~ Adam Grant
Success is not built on what we accomplish for ourselves. Its foundation lies in what we do for others.
~ Danny Thomas
The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.
~ Adam Grant
Replace your pursuit of success with the pursuit of contribution.
~ Peter Drucker
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
~ Aristotle
Success cannot be measured in wealth, fame or power, but by whether you have made a positive difference for others.
~ Richard Branson
They serve best who give most of themselves. Self is forgotten by the one who serves, for such a one rejoices to see success coming to others through his or her efforts.
~ James Cash Penney
We do not exist for ourselves.
~ Thomas Merton
The only way to achieve true success is to express yourself completely in service to society.
~ Aristotle
The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving.
~ Mother Teresa
Success and all good things in life, start with a genuine concern for others.
~ Mike Vance
All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.
~ Elbert Hubbard
The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
I think of success as reaching beyond ourselves and helping other people in specific ways.
~ Benjamin Carson
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great definition. . . Charity: The ability to love the sinner and hate the sin.
~ Hyrum W. Smith
Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.
~ Mary Kay Ash