Quotes About Altruism

It is higher and nobler to be kind.

Steal a chicken if you get a chance, Huck, because if you don't want it, someone else does and a good deed ain't never forgotten.

One ought always to lie, when one can do good by it;

Our consciences take NO notice of pain inflicted upon others until it reaches a point where it gives pain to US. In ALL cases without exception we are absolutely indifferent to another person's pain until his sufferings make us uncomfortable.

Do right for your own sake, and be happy in knowing that your neighbor will certainly share in the benefits resulting.

Åžimdiye kadar hiç kimse, sözün al???ld?k anlam?yla, asla kendisini feda etmiÅŸ deÄŸildir - yani, yaln?zca baÅŸkas? için özveride bulunmuÅŸ deÄŸildir. Ä°nsanlar baÅŸkalar? için gündelik feragatlarda bulunurlar, fakat bu öncelikle kendi iyilikleri içindir. Eylem, öncelikle kendi içlerini ferahlatmak zorundad?r. Bundan yararlanan kiÅŸiler ikinci s?rada gelir.

a good deed ain't ever forgot.

He's telling Liesel's story to prove to himself that humans can be beautiful and selfless and worthwhile.

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

All for all, always.

Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a heaven in Hell's despair.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

On the parable of the Good Samaritan: I imagine that the first question the priest and Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But by the very nature of his concern, the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?

Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others. In dangerous valleys and hazardous pathways, he will lift some bruised and beaten brother to a higher and more noble life.

Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.

Todo hombre debe decidir si caminará a la luz del altruismo creativo o en la oscuridad del egoísmo destructivo. Éste es el juicio. La pregunta más urgente, e ineludible, de la vida es: ¿Qué estás haciendo por los demás?

Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

Svaki ?ovjek mora odlu?iti ho?e li hodati u svjetlu kreativnog altruizma ili u tami destruktivnog egoizma.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

It's not only us who need your help, it's all those other poor bastards who might be on the receiving end.