Quotes About Altruism

Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.

I grew up to believe in public service. It is in the core of who I am.

I feel that public service is so important and giving back, being a role model and helping people in need is something that I would love to do.

I have a lifelong devotion to public service.

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

Public service is a core value for people of my generation.

What I've noticed is not only in the military, but in the first responders community, that when you reach out your hand to help one of them, they almost always grab your hand with only one of theirs, because they're using their other hand to reach behind them and pull up somebody else with them.

I'd take a bullet for just about anyone! If someone pulled out a gun, I'd step in front of you even though I've never met you.

Compassion is so pure, I don't think there is any way to taint it.

Purely altruistic behavior is pretty much impossible because of the selfish pleasures we derive from it.

Giving back - that's the purest joy you can possibly have.

I always pull over for people who need a push.

I always put myself second - I like to make others happy.

Sacrifice is a leader who puts the needs of millions of others before his own, who can forgo ego and pride in order to do what he promised he would. It's rising above pettiness and partisanship for the good of the country.

Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone else.

I would be happy if I were Jesus. I'd like to fix everyone else's problems more than my own.

I can open the floor for other guys. I've always put the team first.

Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.

I was never focused on me, me, me all the time. I was always focused on somebody else.

If you're only focusing on yourself, then you're not going to help the team.

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

I don't want to be forgotten or not have helped as many people as I can before I pass.

I feel like if I got a blessing, then it's up to me to share that blessing with the world any way I can with other people less fortunate with me.

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.