Quotes About Altruism

I feel motivated to give something back to society.

You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.

It sounds cheesy to say it, but I think my motivation has always been to help others.

There are people who do everything for a calculative political motive. My only motive is a human motive.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

Anyone who seeks to help others—whether by means of religion or by means of medicine—must eschew the use of force.

You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; may be you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it.

Every good relationship we have is a gift of God's grace. Left to ourselves, nothing good would happen. Our problem has everything to do with sin and our potential has everything to do with Christ. Sin always draws towards self-interest. It is possible that even in our most altruistic moments are driven by what we get out of them

A friend In need is a friend indeed

They were not fighting for a principle, or a political decision, or a treaty made of paper. They were here for these people and others not the least different from those they'd left at home.

Being good to people is the only insurance policy you need.

we do know that she's compassionate and eccentric—an excellent combination in a human being;

BAKUNIN:    Left to themselves, people are noble, generous, uncorrupted, they'd create a completely new kind of society if only people weren't so blind, stupid and selfish.

Being good to somebody is just like being mean to somebody. Risky. You don't get nothing for it.

We tend to overlook goodness, but we must put goodness front and center in our lives.

It hurt him, he would say, deeply hurt him, after all these years, but if you loved somebody as he did her, you had to think of them first. You couldn't be selfish with somebody you loved.

Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

Feelings trap us in the self, Tony dear. Doing a thing because you feel wonderful about it—even a work of charity—is in the end a selfish act. We perform the work not to feel wonderful but to know and love the other. It's the same with your romance. You may not feel your love, but God is still your loved one, your other.

In an age when young people are encouraged to maximize self-interest and self-advancement, the grounds for altruism or even good behavior become obscured. Short of reverting to religious authority—itself on occasion corrosive of secular institutions—what can furnish a younger generation with a sense of purpose beyond its own short-term advantage?

You got to be praying all the time, or else you're just thinking about yourself.

When you give of yourself something new comes in to being... the world expands, a bit of goodness is brought forth and a small miracle occurs. You must never underestimate this miracle. Too many good people think they have to become Mother Teresa or Albert Schweitzer, or even Santa Claus, and perform great acts if they are to be givers. They don't see the simple openings of the heart that can be practiced anywhere with almost anyone.

Love doesn't please itself by seeking revenge. Love sacrifices itself for the good of others.

Some to whom evil is done resolve never to inflict such pain on anyone and become very good indeed.

The trouble with the world is that you forget that there are good people in it.