Quotes About Altruism

We must all make sacrifices in order to help other people," she said in a soothing tone. "Men must make sacrifices in war, and women must make sacrifices in other ways. That is how things are divided.

I measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her fellow human beings.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

Never do anything for another with the expectation of gratitude. The expectation itself turns the gift into an exchange and suggests a debt is owed you.

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.

You shouldn't just give during Christmas and Thanksgiving you should be giving all the time.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in time of crisis.

When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.

All I can say is if you check my record going back a long time, I have stood with those who are hurting. I have stood with those who have no money.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

I am sometimes asked, 'Why do you spend so much of your time and money talking about kindness to animals when there is so much cruelty to men?' I answer: 'I am working at the roots.'

It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.

I hope, if you should live to grow up, you will endeavour to be very useful and not spend all your time in pleasing yourself.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

I've always believed that service to others is rent we pay for our time on this planet.

In the fullness of time, when it is our turn to give, we must in turn plant gardens that we may never eat the fruit of, which will benefit the generations to come.

Intellect without humanity is not good enough...what the world is suffering from at the present time is not so much an overabundance of intellect as an insufficiency of humanity.

I want to see a revolution of kindness, because what happens is, when you're kind and you give, it's infectious. You give one time, and it's a great feeling and you want to do it again and again.

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time.

DOUBLE DEATH FOR THE KIND PHILANTHROPISTS