Quotes About Altruism

She sacrificed her life to make things right, Mitchell grumbled. She[Silena Beuregard] was a hero

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others. Humble people are so focused on serving others, they don't think of themselves.

It's not about me.

Albert Schweitzer said, "The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.

Anytime you use your God-given abilities to help others, you are fulfilling your purpose of life. What matters is not the Duration of your life, but the Donation of it.

It never ceased to surprise the Cokers how willing nightclub patrons were to pitch in behind the scenes. For the novelty of it, rather than altruism. They loved a disaster.

There is goodness in many hearts. In most hearts. In some hearts. I love peanuts.

Do gooders don't interest me. They are the least interesting people on the planet.

I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.

It was becoming apparent that Chick himself had only one ambition and that was to help everybody so much that they would love him.

Sometimes...you need to give people something that's for them, not just something that makes you feel good giving it.

You will see only that your own people are troubled. You will not see that a few must suffer for the millions to be saved.

Ce este dragostea, fraÈ›ii mei? Nu este doar mil? È™i nici doar bun?tate. În mil? sunt doi, cel care d? È™i cel care primeÈ™te. Dar în dragoste este unul singur, cei doi se unesc È™i devin una, nu se deosebesc. Eu È™i tu dispar. Iubesc înseamn?: dispar eu.

I may yet go through anguish in hell for my sin. But if I had to live that time again I would do the same, to end Margery's ordeal. I preferred to suffer myself than to know that her agony continued. Her well-being was more important to me than my own. I have learned, during the course of a long life, that that is the meaning of love.

We must help them, even if they have the plague. Our lives are not our own, to be protected like gold hidden under the earth. We have given ourselves to God, to use as he wishes, and he will end our lives when it suits his holy purpose.

You got to understand that as soon as a man goes to help someone, he leaves himself wide open.

You got to understand that as soon as a man goes to help somebody, he leaves himself wide open.

This is a crucial point, because it alerts us to the fact that, no matter how high-minded, idealistic, or altruistic a cause might appear—from ecology to cultural diversity to spirituality to world peace—the simple mouthing of intense support for that cause is not enough to determine why, in fact, that cause is being embraced.

If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.

Heart power is better than horsepower.

We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare.

Anything good has a magical power! Say something good; it travels around the world without legs; do something good, it flies around the world without wings! Everything good has a mystical power!

Sometimes when we see or hear of a need, there is nothing we can do to help. Sometimes the only thing we can do is pray. But never underestimate the power of the prayers of the righteous.

I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.