Quotes About Selflessness

Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

There are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece.

True #leadership isn't the bastion of a few who sit at the top ... We all need to step up, take the risk and put our interests second-not always-but when it counts.

You don't have to be rich to be generous. You have to be generous to be generous.

While personal maturity may mean being able to see beyond yourself, leadership maturity means considering others before yourself.

True leadership is servanthood. Put the interests of others at the center of your decisions.

The rank of office is not what makes someone a leader. Leadership is the choice to serve others with or without any formal rank.

We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

The shortest distance to leadership is service.

Leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. it is not just about you. It's all about them.... everyone deserves a chance.... you can never let yourself be a victim.

If your leadership isn't all about you, it will live beyond you.

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

Be generous, be humble, and be grateful when achieving your dreams.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

Leadership is not about me, it's about our country.

I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being.

You're never more like Jesus than when you're giving.

Give away everything you have learned. If for no other reason, do it selfishly; in order to get more, you must give more.

The greatest leaders are the greatest servants.

Any who may wish to profit himself alone from the knowledge given him, rather than serve others through the knowledge he has gained from learning, is betraying knowledge and rendering it worthless

To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson.