Quotes About Altruism

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it.

Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.

Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

A sure indicator of true religion is a concern for the poor of the earth.

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

I think lawyers who engage in pro bono service to protect those who cannot help themselves are truly the heroes and the heroines of the legal profession.

The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

I was probably 21 or 22 years old when I realized the prose that I live by, which is, 'You get what you give.' The more good deeds that you could do in your life, the more fulfilling and enriched your life is going to be. I truly believe that.

I believe giving back is one of the greatest life lessons we can teach our children: that the world isn't all about them and that, through our actions, people will really discover what kind of a person we truly are.

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down.

Hillary Clinton is about 'we.' Donald Trump is about 'me.'

Other people might have family - three kids or five houses. In my case, that doesn't exist. I'm going to give everything away. Everything has been transferred to charitable trusts. There is no question about that. The question is where, not if.

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

The truth is that goodness is hardwired in humanity.

Those who have a heart to do good, never need complain for want of opportunity.

At the end of the day, you either want or you don't want to know about it. It's a mercy thing - you have to give back. However you do it, you have to give something back. You have to.

I understand the importance of giving back, and that's something I definitely want to do.

The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.