Quotes About Selflessness

En fin, el mayor entre ustedes ha de ser ministro o criado suyo. 12 Que quien se ensalce, será humillado; y quien se humille, será ensalzado. 13

Truly spiritual people live not unto themselves, not for their own glory and happiness, but for the glory of God alone (soli Deogloria).

Seek to be served, and you become a servant. Seek to serve others, and you become a master.

If you give, expecting something in return, it's not really giving at all. If you love, expecting something in return, it's not really loving at all.

To help others to develop and succeed in life is a reward itself and only has value when nothing is expected in return.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.

The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

What you get is a living-what you give is a life.

Imagine that it's not about the self and its concerns, about 'what's in it for me,' whether that be a blessed afterlife or prosperity in this life.

I am no martyr upon cross, but I would gladly give my life so that those more deserving may live.

When you serve others, when you make somebody else's life better, when you lift up people, when you help heal those that are hurting, not only are they being blessed, but you're being blessed.

We who have Christ's eternal life need to throw away our own lives.

All you can take with you is that which you've given away.

Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.

Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.

Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.

What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.

It is only when we stand up, with all our failings and sufferings, and try to support others rather than withdraw into ourselves, that we can fully live the life of community.

If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life.

We've been so concerned about being cool, relevant, and fun that we have forgotten to be bread, light, and life to a hungry, dark, and dying world.

Live simply so others may simply live.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.