Quotes About Altruism

The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.

He is not commanding us to demand our rights. The only right that love has is the right to give itself.

Amar os outros é a única salvação individual que conheço.

Amar os outros é a única salvação individual que conheço: ninguém estará perdido se der amor e às vezes receber amor em troca.

Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way - how many pleasing things are done for you.

Doing things for others always pays dividends...

Love others and as you do, that love will return to you.

You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something.

If in the course of the day you do a good deed for a stranger, that stranger will do a good deed for a stranger who might be you.

Long time ago, there is a known gentleman named Robin Hood being chased because of stealing for a good cause. There is no more 'Robin Hoods' at the present time, but the good cause is still chasing for gentlemen to come out.

A person remembers different people when in need. But when the person doesn't need anything anymore, the person forgets almost everything even the people's names.

Give alms to the needy because you want to do it, not because of pity.

Love is an offering, not a souvenir or an investment for personal interests. If thou loves only thyself, then thou doesn't know the definition of the word.

People of the world will be thankful for what you have done today. You just did!

Show your love to the world and don't keep it to yourself. That's what love is for!

There are more and more people living with selflessness than those needing attention. Selflessness in their hearts, not in their minds.

It's not about you. It's about them.

It is difficult to imagine love without generosity, without a desire to make some sacrifices. To-day

Ethics has to recognize the truth, recognized in unethical thought, that egoism comes before altruism. The acts required for continued self-preservation, including the enjoyment of benefits achieved by such acts, are the first requisites to universal welfare. Unless each duly cares for himself, his care for all others is ended by death; and if each thus dies, there remain no others to be cared for.

The individualism of current economic theory is manifest in the purely self-interested behavior it generally assumes. It has no real place for fairness, malevolence, and benevolence, nor for the preservation of human life or any other moral concern.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

A man who sacrifices himself must be a decent chap.

True idealists, in contrast, care about the welfare of others above and especially against their own interests. If you enjoy your work or profit from it, how can you be sure you're truly doing it for others and not yourself?

Man must look after man sicne no god watches out for us.