Quotes About Altruism

Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.

The Mormon belief system unites curiously American pairs of opposites. A relish for the dog-eat-dog practices of the marketplace goes hand in hand with the stern obligation to 'help thy neighbor.'

The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian.

We're a blip in the existence of the universe, and we're constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.

You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.

Man was not made for the service of economies; economies were made to serve mankind; and men and women were made - so we believe - to serve one another, not just ourselves.

Any woman who does not live for unselfish service is a useless cumberer of the earth.

Like a stone thrown into a pond, a good deed can create ripples that extend far beyond the initial splash.

I don't want you to be young and beautiful. I only want one thing. I want you to be kind-hearted - and not just towards cats and dogs.

This is woman's great benevolence, that she will become a martyr for beauty, so that the world may have pleasure.

But there are many men-and women-who do things in a time of war that they wouldn't dream of doing in peacetime, and all for the common good.

It felt like an oversight to me, something that needed to be corrected. They [women who hid Jewish children] deserved to be understood and remembered.

Today's prime educational objective must be to form men-and-women-for-others who cannot even conceive of love of God which does not include love for the least of their neighbors.

Be men and women with others and for others: true champions at the service of others.

The perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which men seem incapable, but which is sometimes found in women.

Stars give so much to the world without demanding payment. Be likewise.

The only place you will find love before sacrifice is in the dictionary.

What you do for others today you have done for yourself tomorrow.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other w

Where there is society there is no need for charity.

Greatness is achieved through kindness, compassion, and love.

The best the world has to offer comes from the best you have to give to others.

But Jackie Chan is that guy who would pick up glasses and bottles lying on the road or that guy who would help in picking up tents once the filming production is over. He doesn't act like a star.

I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that'll give you the shirt off their back. And I've also found people that won't give you a piece of bread if you're starving to death.