Quotes About Altruism

Giving to others is most precious when it is done quietly and selflessly.

Altruistic love: giving to others is most precious when it is done quietly and selflessly

The most deeply motivated people—not to mention those who are most productive and satisfied—hitch their desires to a cause larger than themselves. Motivation

I'm not a believer in predetermined fates, being rewarded for one's efforts. I'm not a believer in karma. The reason why I try to be a good person is because I think it's the right thing to do. If I commit fewer bad acts there will be fewer bad acts, maybe other people will join in committing fewer bad acts, and in time there will be fewer and fewer of them.

deep meaning and connection come from being of help to others.

Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.

We tend to think of heroes only in terms of violent combat, whether it's against enemies or a natural disaster. But human beings also perform radical acts of compassion; we just don't talk about them, or we don't talk about them as much.

All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.

Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed onto mankind.

Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.

I have always believed in seeking happiness in the happiness of others and the virtue of seeking God's pleasure in helping His people.

Kindness is more than a virtue. It is a source of strength.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

What is superfluous to your poor estate, distribute. This is distributive charity: a virtue so sacred that crimes against it are the forerunner of inevitable doom.

Compassion is not a popular virtue.

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

Someone may ask, 'How is justice greater than all the other virtues?' The other virtues gratify the one who possesses them; justice does not give pleasure to the one possessing it, but instead pleases others.

No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues.

I think it's really important to have a vision of teamwork, team play, and unselfishness.

We each have a personal myth, a vision of who we really are and what we want. Health means that part of what you want is to give to others.

One of the best things any human must do, is to bleed for the others.

Actually, if truth be told, love and unselfishness are also received in a radically different way by the object of the proffered charity.  In the former case, the recipient is assured that another human being cares deeply about him; in the latter, he feel manipulated and used.