Quotes About Selflessness

Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. (Mark 10:43–45 NIV)

If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. (Phil. 2:1–4 NIV)

Certainly gospel sanity is to be preferred over personal vanity, all the time.

It is impossible for me to waste my time in helping another person.

Be kind, be loving, be generous. Give of yourself, give of your time and you'll be free. It's the oldest secret, the one thats most often forgotten - and that is to have fun through giving.

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

Self-sacrifice is essential to leadership. You will give, give all the time.

As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.

I've been a pretty selfish mom and a very unselfish athlete for about three years now and it's time to put my family first. It's probably time to move on.

The fact that beauty is at one and the same time without cost and above price, robs it of the curse of possessiveness.

It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.

Because in some men it is in them to give up everything personal at some time, before it ferments and poisons--throw it to some human being or some human idea. They have to.

When each elder or pastor has his will aligned with the Lord's, we waste no time arguing for our own.

On the road, it's constant sensory overload, and it's easy to lose track of days and time and to get caught up in the constant giving of yourself.

When we find that God's ways always coincide with our own ways, it's time to question who we're really worshipping, God or ourselves.

You can't have ego and gratitude at the same time.

We can't dwell upon another's ingratitude without using up our time and talents unprofitably.

Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and keep their commitments.

We do not go to cowards for tender dealing; there is nothing so cruel as panic; the man who has least fear for his own carcase, has most time to consider others.

Human love is mostly selfishness; all the time it thinks only of the little 'i'. That 'i' is the ego.

Not one But twenty-four self-giving-hours Every day I have For my use.

I go about in the world - free, busy, happy. Among people, I have no time to think of myself.

Until time and space exist... I vow to come back for the benefit of other beings.

That's the great thing about doing good: Anyone can do it, any time, no waiting periods or batteries required.