Quotes About Altruism

God chooses people not for what He can do for them, but for the good they can do for others.

We must be instruments of God's compassion to those who are suffering.

Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it.

God let it be known that it is better to give than to receive, but a lot of people failed to get the message.

We preceive that God is in all of those we give to.

If we give purely, it opens up a doorway in our heart and it gives us the vision to see that those we give to are God.

If you will focus on meeting other people's needs, God will always make sure your needs are supplied. God will take care of your problems for you.

Nothing is eternal but that which is done for God and others. That which is done for self dies.

Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I would spread my cloak and hide him, that he might not be seen of any.

Waking up is not a selfish pursuit of happiness, it is a revolutionary stance, from the inside out, for the benefit of all beings in existence.

I am thankful that there are those among us who have sacrificed dearly on behalf of us. And I ardently pray to God that I might be less like myself and more like them.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.

He who Serves his fellows is, of all his fellows, greatest

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.

Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.

The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.

That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain

I generally think if you do good things for people in the world, that comes back and you benefit from it over time.

Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.

Human beings will find a balanced situation when they do good things not because God says it, but because they feel like doing them.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.