Quotes About Selflessness

I'd rather go under the radar and win an MLS Cup. I really don't need to be credited.

My mom was a hairstylist, but she quit doing that to raise the kids - there were four of us. There was no money.

Most of the people I know who were raised to be accommodating or were raised to just be nice and put everybody's needs ahead of theirs, there comes a moment when the pressure builds and they can't do it anymore. They have needs and they feel neglected and they usually explode.

I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.

The American people deserve to know that their elected leaders play by the exact same rules that they play by and that their lawmakers' only interest is what's best for the country, not their own financial gain.

We will not go out there and make negative music for selfish gain.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

I'm very generous, and I really want people to see that I am - that's really it.

People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!

Actors are very generous.

Nobody has ever gifted me anything.

Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving.

I really enjoy the shopping and going out and getting stuff for other people. I could really give a damn about getting gifts for myself, but I really enjoy giving gifts.

Katya Zamolodchikova

You give before you get.

What was freely given to me, I freely give.

I think when you're very dedicated to something and you're engaged fully, you become a giver.

Don't be a taker, be a giver, because when you give you get back.

In marriage, someone has to be a giver and someone a taker. I am a taker who married a giver.

I love to give. I've been a giver all my life.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.