Quotes About Selflessness

My parents and their well-being comes before my work.

We are grateful for the tireless and selfless efforts of our health care providers and first responders who risk their own safety to protect the health and well-being of Missourians.

In my mom's case, she did a fantastic job. She raised four well-rounded, smart boys on a public school teacher's salary. She's impressive. She was always there for us. She sacrificed for us constantly.

I don't believe we're only motivated by our own self-interests. Often out of crisis comes this enormous wellspring of generosity and motivation.

I didn't run for Governor for me; I ran to help the people of West Virginia.

To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter.

Faith is about offering emotional and practical help to your neighbours while expecting nothing in return: you do so simply because you think it's needed.

I'd say most definitely with my faith, there's no room for me with it. It's always about other people. It's always about loving on other people and giving praise where praise is due.

One of the neatest things I saw with the team at Ohio State - and we preach about it all the time as coaches - is that the team genuinely played for the happiness, success and rings on the finger for the guy next to them.

There is precious little that's charitable about the world of charity.

I will play with anyone for my country. I may have my personal preferences, but such preferences have never come in the way of playing for India.

I made a choice in life and got pregnant and had a child, and I want to put my child first.

For me, to say I want to go to sleep and retire and prepare for my afterlife, I think that is very selfish.

I understand aggressiveness in only one way: being prepared to hurt yourself, not someone else.

The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego with the greater interest in mind.

I might not be a great cook when I am preparing something for myself, but when it comes to cooking for others, somehow my cooking skills are at their best.

I would have rather been dead and laying on the battlefield dead than to find out later on that one of my men were killed and didn't have me, their medic, to somehow get them out of the danger and into the safety of the perimeter.

As ecstatic as I was at the birth of my daughter, I felt selfish bringing her, and later my son, into our screwed-up world.

The way NXT has been from day one when I was asked to do it, 'Don't put me on camera. I do not need to be on camera unless it's absolutely necessary. This isn't about me, it's about the talent,' and everyone that works in NXT, that's what we think.

I'm not a man of many words, I don't like to talk much. I prefer deeds, sacrifices and showing that what matters is the team.

If you make me your president, I'm going to put the country ahead of the party. I'm going to do what it takes to defend this nation. This nation has been great to me, and that's the only way I know to pay you back.

I am a guy who gives everything for his team - I defend my team, my whole club.

That's one thing I pride myself a lot more now, playing defense, I do what the team needs me to do. If we need a stop, I'll do it. That's a major, major part of my game now.

I like to score when I can, but if I can't do that, I like to do the other things - defense, blocking, rebounding.