Quotes About Selflessness

If abnegation has indeed so many charms for you, why do you fail to practice it in private life? Society will be grateful to you, for someone, at least, will reap the fruit; but to desire to impose it upon mankind as a principle is the very height of absurdity, for the abnegation of all is the sacrifice of all, which is evil erected into a theory.

Sa iubesti pe cineva care te iubeste este narcisism. Sa iubesti pe cineva care nu te iubeste, asta da, e dragoste.

Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

And besides, you can feel useful to others without necessarily expecting gratitude and still be happy.

Some people have a warped idea of living the Christian life. Seeing talented, successful Christians, they attempt to imitate them. For them, the grass on the other side of the fence is always greener. But when they discover that their own gifts are different or their contributions are more modest (or even invisible), they collapse in discouragement and overlook genuine opportunities that are open to them. They have forgotten that they are here to serve Christ, not themselves.

The Bible teaches us to be more concerned about the needs and feelings of others than our own. We are to encourage and build self-confidence in our loved ones, friends, and associates.

Moral living sometimes demands difficult choices. It requires selflessness.

We shouldn't think about ourselves and how weak we are. Instead, we should think about God and how strong He is.

Ageneration ago, Jim Elliot went from Wheaton College to become a missionary to the Aucas in Ecuador. Before he was killed, he wrote, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

May our gratitude find expression in our prayers and our service for others, and in our commitment to live wholly for Christ.

When Christ's love fills our hearts, it puts selfishness on the run.

I believe we should pray that God will take possession of our lives totally and completely. We should pray that we will be emptied of self— self-love, self-will, self-ambition—and be placed completely at His disposal.

TRUE HEROES are ordinary people, like You and Me, who have done EXTRA ORDINARY THINGS.

We often seek to please ourselves first, instead of God. What is interesting is that when we seek to please God first, very often we discover that we end up far more pleased than we did when we put ourselves first.

If we have our eyes upon ourselves, our problems, and our pain, we cannot lift our eyes upward. A child looks up when he's walking with his father, and the same should be true for the Christian.

Until the Good News of Jesus Christ burst onto the human scene, the word love was understood mostly in terms of seeking one's own advantage. Loving the unlovely was incomprehensible A loving God reaching down to sinful humans was unthinkable.

We must not build up ourselves at the expense of others.

True love is an act of the will—a conscious decision to do what is best for the other person instead of ourselves.

When a husband and wife are concerned only about their own individual desires, the stage is set for conflict.

If you are a true Christian, you will not give way at home to bad temper, impatience, fault-finding, sarcasm, unkindness, suspicion, selfishness, or laziness.

I believe this is one of the tests of the Spirit-filled life. Is Christ becoming more and more evident in my life? Are people seeing more of Him, and less of me?

Any Christian whose interest is directed toward himself is worldly.

Instead of manipulating [people] for our own purposes, we'd help them achieve what is best for them. We'd also try to see life through their eyes. Treat others the way you would want them to treat you.

Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage. He offered us, not an excursion, but an execution. Our Savior said that we would have to be ready to die to self, sin, and the world.