Quotes About Selflessness

Bit ljubavi u tome je da se cijeli predaš i da ništa ne uskra?uješ, Ljubav je zna?ila da svoju sre?u povjeravaš nekomu drugomu i zauzvrat snosiš odgovornost za sre?u te osobe.

There was something almost sacred in the self-sacrifice that I felt was required of me as a mother, caring for this child.

It's funny how when you try to help somebody else feel better you wind up feeling better yourself.

Get rid of the idea that God wants you to sacrifice yourself for others, and that you can secure his favor by doing so; God requires nothing of the kind. What he wants is that you should make the most of yourself, for yourself, and for others; and you can help others more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.

She is also capable of a noble generosity, and of cramming it down on the head of the recipient like a crown of thorns.

There are as many heroes in private life as in the great affairs of state.

All great work—artistic, poetic, intellectual or spiritual—is produced at those moments when its creators are lost completely in their actions, when they forget themselves altogether, and are free from self-consciousness.

Further, the Buddha explained to ?nanda how one could be one's own island or refuge, how one could make the Dhamma one's own island or refuge: through the cultivation of mindfulness or awareness of the body, sensations, mind and mind-objects (the four Satipa??h?nas).2 There is no talk at all here about an ?tman or Self.

What we call life … is the combination of the Five Aggregates … These are constantly changing; they do not remain the same for two consecutive moments. … If we can understand that in this life we can continue without a permanent, unchanging substance like Self or Soul, why can't we understand that these forces themselves can continue without a Self or Soul behind them after the non-functioning of the body?

The star player must slay his ego and learn teamwork and communication skills before he can achieve the ultimate in sport

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

Death is at work in every person. It is the natural progression of life. Paul realized this and elected to participate willingly by purposely putting himself to death by spending his life on others.

The attitude of John reflects that of all of Christ's followers. As you minister to others, investing yourself in their lives, your objective remains the same: "He must increase and I must decrease." To the degree that you call attention to yourself, you draw attention away from Jesus. As you minister to others let this be your job description, the gauge of your success: You and your opinions become less and less important while Jesus becomes more and more important.

Christ had to suffer opposition and contradiction and, yes, humiliation, in doing his Father's will; yet he was constantly intent on forgetting self entirely and glorifying the Father by his actions. If we are truly to imitate Christ in our lives, we must learn to do the same.

Somehow, by the trials and tribulations of this life, our souls must be purified of this dross of self if we are to become ultimately acceptable to God.

there would be no "humiliation" if we had learned to put self in its place, to see ourselves in proper perspective before God and other men.

It means the routine, not the spectacular. It can mean drudgery, pain, putting aside pleasures, happiness, or the love the human heart craves until another time, so that what is necessary at the moment can be done. It means working for others, touching the lives of others, through the medium of the body.

We weren't running the Line, Cowboy thinks, for the Northeast. Or for the money. That was what Arkady and the thirdmen never understood, always thinking we could be bought, that we would respond to economic pressure. And that's what the Orbitals don't understand, what their crystal world models can't figure. That we'd have run the Alley for nothing. Because it was a way to be free.

The world is a better place to live in because it contains human beings who will give up ease and security and stake their own lives in order to do what they themselves think worth doing.

Si el descentramiento nos permite viajar hacia otra persona y conocerla, la humildad nos permite aprender de ella. La humildad libera la mente de la agotadora y casi siempre innecesaria competencia de querer ser más, de pavonearse, de recordarle al mundo lo que somos. La modestia, decía Jankélévitch, "nos retiene en el camino recto de la inocencia". Yo diría que, además, nos acerca al asombro. No puede haber pensamiento flexible sin humildad.

Do not allow your clothing to attract attention. Seek not to please by the clothes you wear but by the life you live.

Seeing my dad forfeit promotions so he could have more time with my sister, brother, mom, and me gave me a role model in my dad that was more than a financial womb—more than a success object.

Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.

Lord, I am willing to break MY heart that I might satisfy THY heart.