Quotes About Selflessness

I hope, if you should live to grow up, you will endeavour to be very useful and not spend all your time in pleasing yourself.

It's all about God. May He forgive us for every time we start to think it's actually all about us.

If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

In the fullness of time, when it is our turn to give, we must in turn plant gardens that we may never eat the fruit of, which will benefit the generations to come.

When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.

I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.

If we only spent more of our time in looking at Him we should soon forget ourselves.

If we would talk more about the Lord and praise Him, we would have less time to talk about ourselves.

Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team.

There are orphans who can be cared for; but this some will not venture to undertake; for it brings them more work than they care to do, leaving them but little time for their own pleasure.

When was the last time I chose to be happy rather than demanding to be right?

Submission is the willingness to give up our right to ourselves, to freely surrender our insistence on having our own way all the time.

Eternally, woman spills herself away in driblets to the thirsty, seldom being allowed the time, the quiet, the peace, to let the pitcher fill up to the brim.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time.

He sold his watch to buy her combs, and she sold her hair to buy a watch chain.

And, above all, becoming a grandparent offers a chance to love in a different way, a love without the thorny crown of self-interest. I wish I could say I loved my children that way, but it wouldn't be true, and it wouldn't be true of anyone I know, either.

Becoming a parent changed and enlarged my son; it's no stretch at all to say that parenthood made us both better people. I've watched him be a father to my grandson, and I've been thrilled by his ability to put his own concerns and needs aside to minister to those of this little boy, to put himself in the place time after time where he is attuned to who his son is and what he needs, whether indulgence or discipline.

The more happiness we bestow, the more we shall receive, even here; and the greater will be our reward in heaven when we rest from our labours." 

If happiness in this world is not for me, I will endeavour to promote the welfare of those around me, and my reward shall be hereafter.

I was not sent into the world merely to exercise the good capacities and good feelings of others - was I? - but to exert my own towards them; and when I marry, I shall expect to find more pleasure in making my wife happy and comfortable, than in being made so by her: I would rather give than receive.

I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to! I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!

Everyone is born equal; we will all die and shed our earthly glory. Riches, power and fame last for only a few short years. Why do we cling so desperately to these fleeting things? Why can't people who have more than enough for their own needs give the rest to their fellow human beings? Why should anyone have to have such a hard life for those few short years on earth?

How can thinking about the misery of others help if you're miserable yourself