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Quotes About Altruism

A life not lived for others is not a life.
~ Mother Teresa
Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway.
~ Mother Teresa
God loves the world through us.
~ Mother Teresa
Live simply so others may simply live.
~ Mother Teresa
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
~ Mother Teresa
People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway.
~ Mother Teresa
No man is a true believer unless he desireth for his brother that which he desireth for himself
~ Muhammad
None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.
~ Muhammad
Service to others is the rent we pay for our room in Heaven.
~ Muhammad Ali
True giving happens when we give from our heart.
~ Muhammad Ali
I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.
~ Muhammad Ali
Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and to be close to God. I'm not perfect. I know that I still have things to work out, and I'm working on them. There are certain things I have done that I am not proud of, especially when they caused pain to others. I ask God for forgiveness.
~ Muhammad Ali
Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God." -Muhammad Ali
~ Muhammad Ali
There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.'
~ Muhammad Yunus
It is infinitely better to rely on the pursuit of economic interest by landowners or street companies than to depend on the dubious "altruism" of bureaucrats and government officials.
~ Murray N. Rothbard
It is easy to be conspicuously 'compassionate' if others are being forced to pay the cost.
~ Murray N. Rothbard
Due to selfishness, our ideal world is still only in our imagination.
~ Unknown
Selfishness is a state of stagnation.
~ Unknown
The one who helps his neighbor helps his descendants.
~ Unknown
What does the inner world of a person look like for someone it consists of egoism, and for someone of selfless deep philosophy.
~ Unknown
Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.
~ Mwai Kibaki
A wise man does not wait to be given, but to always give first.
~ Unknown
Before wishing for personal freedom, it will be wise to seek for the freedom of all.
~ Unknown
Charity is always so beautiful, no matter how little you give to others.
~ Unknown