Quotes About Selflessness

I am too busy with my cause to hate too absorbed in something bigger than myself. I have no time to quarrel, no time for regrets and no man can force me to stoop low enough to hate him.

It often happens that those who spend their time giving light to others, remain in darkness themselves.

Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer.

Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.

Some people die before their time so that others can live. It's a cornerstone of civilization.

The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.

Don't be a hog: the only time a hog helps the community is when he dies.

It seems to me that we spend an inordinate amount of time and attention on fixing ourselves when we could really be directing that out to serving others.

Whenever you take the time to inspire someone, to aid them in their inner search, you'll find energy will come back to you - unless you are ego tripping or you are trying to manipulate them.

. . . as people serve, they grow in capacity. The time and effort is not a sacrifice because there is returned more than is given.

I don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race.

The greatest gift children can give you is that, for the first time, you're not the center of your own universe.

Parenthood involves massive sacrifice: money, attention, time and emotional energy.

Now is the time for us to stop seeking our own satisfaction and to pour out our lives before HIM.

Whenever somebody reaches above their own limitations - I always tell people, the best time to go give is when you have nothing.

Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.

When I come home, it's about my kid, who needs to eat, needs to do homework, and needs to get to basketball. I don't have a lot of time to think about me.

It's easy to be generous with money. Far harder to be generous with your time.

I will take a pie in the face any time for a worthy cause.

If we try to secure the well-being of others, we will, at the same time, create the conditions for our own.

Say that our lives are measured not by gain but by giving.

I will do anything to save Laurana, he swore beneath his breath, clenching his fist. Anything! If it means sacrificing myself or— He stopped. Would he really give up Berem? Would he really trade the Everman to the Dark Queen, perhaps plunge the world into a darkness so vast it would never see light again? No, Tanis told himself firmly. Laurana would die before she would be part of such a bargain.

Our lives are measured not by gain but by giving.

Raistlin made a mistake, a terrible, tragic mistake. And he did what few of us can do—he had courage enough to admit it and try to do what he could to rectify it, even though it meant sacrificing himself.