Quotes About Altruism

Liberals genuinely believe that this country is about helping one another out and doing it for the greater good.

If you want to experience joy in your life, you have to be able to step outside yourself and become part of a cause that is much larger than you; one that brings a greater good to a greater community.

Honestly, I want to be known as a great ball player, but it's more important for me to be known as a good person. Like seriously, the greatest gift you have as a person is to give something to somebody else.

I am not greedy, so I would gladly give a song to someone else to sing if it makes more sense.

I'm all about assists; I'm not really greedy.

Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do.

All the things I've done are about duty and guilt: trying to do your best to better other people's lives.

By God, no matter what Republicans say, the people of this country really do care about each other. We are not a cold people. By God, when John F. Kennedy said, "Ask what you can do for your country," he spoke to this country's heart and conscience.

We fail to reckon with the reality of human nature. By nature,we are egocentric. Our world revolves around us. None of us is totally altruistic.

The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love.

The choice to do or say something for the other person's benefit, that would help make them a better person, something that would enrich their lives and make their lives more meaningful for them.

If acts of service do not come naturally for you, it is still a love language worth acquiring. It is a way of expressing a sense of responsibility for the well-being of others. Albert Schweitzer said repeatedly As long as there is a man in the world who is hungry, sick, lonely or living in fear, he is my responsibility. Helping others is universally accepted as an expression of love.

The choice to love is the choice to take initiative. It is the choice to do or say something for the other person's benefit, something that would help make them a better person, something that would enrich their lives or make life more meaningful for them.

Loving others sometimes requires a love far greater and purer than our own. — Dawn Lilly

It is the choice to expend energy in an effort to benefit the other person, knowing that if his or her life is enriched by your effort, you too will find a sense of satisfaction—the satisfaction of having genuinely loved another.

In every vocation, those who truly excel have genuine desire to serve others.

May God teach us to enjoy serving others as a sign of our love for Him. — Pat Stockett Johnston —

Why do we live but to serve, give, share, love, and comfort others? — Clay Taylor

Acting kindly means dying to our selfish desires so that the needs of others might be met. Self-denial goes against everything the evening news suggests about human nature. But when we live out God's kindness in ordinary ways, even moments of despair can become opportunities for hope. P

If we're drowning in self-pity, we may miss a chance to encourage others. — Kristi Paxton —

Love those you find unlovable. The Lord has promised to reward you. — Helene C. Kuoni —

If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would have gained nothing. —1 Corinthians 13:3

We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. —1 John 3:16

But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them. —Deuteronomy 15:7