Quotes About Altruism

Doing something for yourself gives satisfaction but doing something for others gives meaning.

When it comes to someone you love, you'll find there isn't anything you won't do.

There is only one rule that I know. Choose kindness. Even when others are being cruel.

Love sacrifices itself for the good of others.

Have a willing hand to help someone, you might be the only one that does.

love is respect and admiration, compassion and kindness, freely given. Maybe it's just something you have to do.

It is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others.

If only my heart could be the reflection of your heart. I could see it sacrifices itself for the good of others.

Was a particular person a "saint" because she sacrificed her own journey in service to others; was her life as lived in fact her authentic journey, or was she driven by complexes so powerful as to render her incapable of choosing anything else?

I believe you're a good fellow but you have yet to learn the dignity of altruism and the responsibility of the human individual.

Did you ever see a mob rush across town to do a good deed?

There may be room in government service for the altruist and the iconoclast, but I have yet to see one who was not treated as an oddity at best and at worst an object of suspicion and fear.

Justice doesn't necessarily make the world a better place. Compassion always does.

Good people are the same everywhere. They help each other.

The terrorists only proved what they feared the most about Americans. That among us live everyday superheroes, free men and women who at the drop of a hat, or in this case a skyline, will stand up and sacrifice their lives to save someone else.

There's nothing more dangerous than someone trying to act for the greater good.

They can't comprehend what it means to live a life in the service of others.

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Save a life, and your path will always have light.

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.

People used to ask me how I got my jollies, and I guess I'm happy when what I'm doing is helping people and unhappy when what I'm doing isn't helping people.

Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and choosing to be curious about other people.

I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your local hospital and help out in the pediatric unit.