Quotes About Altruism

For every hate-filled attempt to harm, there will be always the legion of those who do not hesitate to give their help and care to a stranger when it is needed.

It takes an incredibly special person to be willing to put his or her life on the line for a complete stranger. And to get up every morning, day after day after day, to do that, I think, is extraordinary.

For those of us that can do it, do something nice for a stranger. Do something nice for a family member.

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.

What firefighters and people in our military and cops do is separate from what the rest of us do; basically these people say, 'I'm going to protect all these strangers.'

Schwartz suggests that our values are structured around these two distinct tensions (Figure 7.2) in our psychological make-up: between selfishness (self-enhancement, in Schwartz's scheme) and altruism (self-transcendence) on the one hand, and between novelty (or openness to change) and tradition (or conservation) on the other.39

nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others" (Philippians 2:3–4).

With so much at stake, and so many fortunes to be made, benevolent intentions can easily be drowned out. She

The best exercise for the human heart is reaching down to lift someone else up.

The best exercise for your heart, is reaching out and helping somebody.

John Andrew Holmes, "No exercise is better for the human heart than reaching down and lifting another up.

Giving is like any other exercise: The more you do it, the better you get at it and the more you get out of it. You shouldn't do it on occasion, only in response to an emergency or on someone's birthday. You should do it all the time.

There are right ways and wrong ways to give. In most cases, the difference lies in the motivation behind it. Always scrutinize the why behind the what.

Giving What We Can, que insta a la gente a comprometerse a dar al menos el 10 por ciento de sus ingresos

En igualdad de condiciones, para incrementar tu felicidad, lo único que hay que hacer es desearle a cualquier otra persona elegida al azar que sea feliz.

hay algo que puedas hacer por ella? Y que lo vieras como una manera de beneficiarla a ella y no a ti. El

Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene,

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Develop a philosophy of giving as soon as you enter the working world.

Have you ever wished you didn't have to give or serve?

Do you beg to give away your resources? Are you working passionately to find ways to bless others? This is a sign of true generosity.

Contribute to good causes.

Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.