Quotes About Altruism

In the middle of the night, if you have decided to do something good for the world, don't wait for the morning to come!

As my mother says, You give back, you don't give up. You can always choose to help others. If you do, it will change you.

If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve.

My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.

Charity is the form, mover, mother and root of all the virtues.

Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.

My mother's love was really not based on attachment. Her love was genuine love. To make me happy, not how I will make her happy.

Like a mother who protects her child, her only child, with her own life, one should cultivate a heart of unlimited love and compassion towards all living beings.

Mother Teresa, you could say many things about her, but certainly you would not say she was macho. Anything but.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it's a responsibility we all share.

Go out into the world and do good until there is too much good in the world.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms.

All the joy the world contains Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.

Kindness in giving creates love.

Nothing teaches character better than generosity.

Spread your love everywhere you go.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.