Quotes About Selflessness

You can make a lot of money. You can rule kingdoms or run huge businesses or control vast terrain. But if you're just doing it for yourself, you're not really a success.

Dragostea, vedeÈ›i, aÈ™a cum o înÈ›eleg eu, e un sacrificiu necontenit, absolut, întreg; dar nu numai sacrificiul unuia dintre cei doi implicaÈ›i în relaÈ›ia de prietenie. Ea înseamn? abnegaÈ›ia des?vârÈ™it? a dou? suflete care vor s? se contopeasc? într-unul singur.

But I lay aside that pride before God, who has taken me from nothing to make me what I am

disinterestedness is the brightest ray in which a noble sword can shine.

A good deed is never lost.

Ya está usted tranquilo, ¿no? ¿Porque me he dirigido a usted antes que a nadie para compartir la alegría del deseo que me ha entrado? Sin duda; porque he comprendido que me quiere por mí y no por usted, mientras que los demás nunca me han querido más que por sí mismos.

But I lay down that pride before God, who brought me out of nothingness to make me what I am.

Oh, Louise, te iubesc în aÈ™a chip, încât aÈ™ fi în stare s?-mi dau sângele pentru dumneata pic?tur? cu pictur?, carnea mea fâÈ™ie cu fâÈ™ie, toat? veÈ™nicia f?pturii mele pentru o singur? clip?.

that disinterestedness was the finest thing in the world.

Reste donc la charité particulière; celle là ne saurait produire que des effets utiles. Sa faiblesse même garantit contre ses dangers; elle soulage beaucoup de misères et n'en fait point naître.

They would thus ruin themselves without warming the hearts of the population that surrounds them. It does not ask of them the sacrifice of their money, but of their haughtiness.

So the two went quietly out to save life or lose it, not counted the cost.

The frightened walk away when love is difficult. I know that now. You have to be willing to give everything away. You have to be willing to end up with nothing. Only then will your heart be whole.

When you help others, your own troubles aren't as heavy. In fact, you can fold them like a handkerchief and place them in your pocket. They're still there, but they're not the only thing you carry.

If sparrows were meant to fly, and hawks to hunt, and greyhounds to run, then a boy such as Diamond was meant to search for his mother. If he didn't go, if he forgot or thought of himself first, then he wouldn't be Diamond.

Is that what love is? To lose yourself completely? Or does love make you more than you could ever be alone?

There are those who insist that mothers are born with love for their children and place them before all other things, including their own needs and desires. This was not the case with us.

There are those who insist that mothers are born with love for their children and place them before all other things, including their own needs and desires.

People who think nonviolence is easy don't realize that it's a spiritual discipline that requires a great deal of strength, growth, and purging of the self so that one can overcome almost any obstacle for the good of all without being concerned about one's own welfare.

Not vain, just wanting to share a good thing.

The mind, the heart, the womb. Those three are all threaded in a sacred dance. A woman's pelvis is like an hourglass with the capacity to tell time. It both creates and shelters life. When a mother's diet in insufficient, nutrients are pulled from her own teeth and bone. Women are built to be selfless.

A woman's pelvis is like an hourglass with the capacity to tell time. It both creates and shelters life. When the mother's diet is insufficient, nutrients are pulled from her own teeth and bone. Women are built to be selfless.

Mama stared at me not with sadness, but with pleading. She was thinner than I'd ever allowed myself to notice, looking more like a child than a woman. I wanted to believe she knew what was best for me. I wanted to believe she was like every other mother and that she loved me more than I loved her. I hoped, if I followed her wishes, I would finally make her happy.

Anyone can face ease and success with confidence. It is the way we face trouble and misfortune that defines us. Self-pity goes with selfishness, and there is nothing more to be deplored in a leader than that. Selfishness belongs to children, and to half-wits. A great leader puts others before himself. You would be surprised how acting so makes it easier to bear one's own troubles. In order to act like a King, one need only treat everyone else like one.