Quotes About Selflessness

Live your life as you see fit. That's not selfish. Selfish is to demand that others live their lives as you see fit.

… The most worthy calling in life is that in which man can serve best his fellow man. … The noblest aim in life is to strive to live to make other lives better and happier.

You find true joy and happiness in life when you give and give and go on giving and never count the cost.

The solution to all the problems of daily life is to cherish others.

The more ready you are to give yourselves to God and to others, the more you will discover the authentic meaning of life.

Living life is a choice. Making a difference in someone else's isn't.

The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.

Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor.

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.

I can't love anyone because it's not fair to anyone who loves me back.

sometimes you get to a point where it hurts too much, and you'll do anything to get rid of the pain. Even if it means doing something that hurts someone else.

Disappointment is good for kids; it prepares them for the real world, where it's not all about them and their feelings.

Margot's so excited about it that even in my current state of self-pity. I can't begrudge her.

Having a child makes you realize the importance of life - narcissism goes out the window. Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born, I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom, I'd be fine.

It is said of Pompey, that when he was to carry grain to Rome in time of dearth, he was in a great deal of danger by storms at sea, but, says he, 'We must go on; it is necessary that Rome should be relieved, but it is not necessary that we should live.

The future is fantasy--it doesn't exist--but the needy and demanding person you may have to give yourself to today is reality. Christianity is the reality of Christ in us, and not the fantasy.

The reason most of us do not see opportunities to serve is that we are continually thinking about ourselves instead of others.

That is, humility should be as much a part of us as the clothes we wear. We wouldn't think of appearing before other people without our clothes. And we shouldn't think of appearing before other people without deliberately clothing ourselves with an attitude of humility.

There are things more worthy of our devotion than our own desires.

Oh, volunteer work! That's what I like about the holiday season. That's the true spirit of Christmas. People being helped by people other than me.

is up to the parents to consider this fundamental question: "Am I genuinely able to give my child what they want and feel good about it—and not expect anything in return?

All this time I'd thought of Aunt Jin as a hero. Well, here's something you should know: heroes are willing to pause their own lives to help you. Jin wasn't that. She was a regular person.

No. He'd do it now. If it broke him, then it broke him. No holding back. There's only one person in the world brave enough and forgiving enough to care for me. If I saved myself at his expense, what the hell would I be saving myself for?

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.