Quotes About Selflessness

he felt he could willingly give his life for them.

When you feel out of sorts, try to make some one else happy, and you will soon be so yourself.

replied Mrs. March, who took peculiar pleasure in granting Beth's requests because she so seldom asked anything for herself.

Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army. We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don't, and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.

You think then, that it is better to have a few duties and live a little for others, do you?

I sell my children, and though they feed me, they don't love me as hers do.

There are many Beth's in the world, who and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully, that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

That was a very happy breakfast, thoughthey didn't get any of it. And when they went away, leaving comfortbehind, I think there were not in all the city four merrier peoplethan the hungry little girls who gave away their breakfasts andcontented themselves with bread and milk on Christmas morning.

That's loving our neighbor better than ourselves, and I like it.

I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else, said Jo

and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

He never spoke of himself, and in a conversation with Miss Norton divulged the pleasing fact. From her Jo learned it, and liked it all the better because Mr. Bhaer had never told it. She felt proud to know that he was an honored Professor in Berlin, though only a poor language-master in America, and his homely, hard-working life was much beautified by the spice of romance which this discovery gave it.

She had often said she wanted to do something splendid, no matter how hard; and now she had her wish,--for what could be more beautiful than to devote her life to father and mother, trying to make home as happy to them as they had to her?

She loved to do the little things that others did not see, or were too busy to stop for: and while doing them, without a thought of thanks, she made sunshine for herself as well as others. That is how I was brought up and how I brought up my children. <3

I don't. I never wanted to make you care for me so, and I went away to keep you from it if I could.

There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind

That's loving our neighbor better than ourselves, and I like it, said Meg, as they set out their presents while their mother was upstairs collecting clothes for the poor Hummels.

Hay en el mundo muchas Beth, tímidas y tranquilas, metidas en su rincón hasta que se las necesita, viviendo para los demás tan alegremente que nadie se da cuenta de los sacrificios que realizan, hasta que el pequeño grillo del hogar cesa de cantar y la dulce y luminosa presencia se desvanece, dejando tras de sí silencio y sombra.

There are many Beth's in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in the corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

There can't be too much charity!

she won't wish us to give up everything.

So they soon forgot their pride and interchanged kindnesses without stopping to think which was the greater.

Há muitas Beths neste mundo, tímidas e sossegadas, sentadas nos seus cantos à espera que alguém precise delas e as chame, a viver tão alegremente em prol dos outros que ninguém se apercebe dos sacrifícios que fazem até que um dia o pequeno grilo deixa de cantar e a sua presença doce e radiante desaparece, deixando apenas sombra e silêncio.

Don't take all," whispered her neighbor, a young lady of great presence of mind. Amy