Quotes About Altruism

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Power and money are not what truly matter, qualities of heart matter more.

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.

I have no qualms sharing my stuff with others. Whether it is a bed or any other stuff.

I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.

Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.

Being in service and being involved in something that is greater than you is what makes a person complete and whole. The very first thing I ever did in terms of activism was for an anti-atom bomb rally.

Children are born as emphatic and compassionate beings - so you don't have to teach them generosity, it's in their nature to be friendly.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

I help my friends out when they need it. I'm extremely generous.

I'm very generous, and I really want people to see that I am - that's really it.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!

I have always worked and I would say I'm generous with money - if somebody needed anything I would always give it to them.

We've always been the most generous nation in the world when it comes to caring for those outside of our borders.

It's easy to give back to people who are so genuine and kind.

When you do something for society, however big or small the gesture may be, you must tell people around you to follow it as an example.

Every day, do small gestures of generosity! It does not mean go to Cambodia. Do it at home. If you do nothing at home, evil becomes normal.

My gifts to causes in which I believe have almost always been anonymous.

Katya Zamolodchikova