Quotes About Selflessness

Authentic Christian living has its own order of priority in our lives: God first, others second, self third.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Ryoji: It's either that she doesn't know how to lean on someone or she's simply that selfless. She won't give me a space to worry about her. Beyond that, she'll protect others instinctively.

Love actually is a great act of the will. It's when I say, "I desire your good, not for my sake but for yours". To love is to break out of the black hole of the ego and say, "My life is about you".

Your goals should be bigger than your ego,

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

He who would profit by the wisdom of the universal mind, has to reach it through the whole of Humanity without distinction of race, complexion, religion, or social status. It is altruism, not ego-ism even in its most legal and noble conception, that can lead the unit to merge its little Self in the Universal Selves.

Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interests first." Joe

Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interests first.

You give, give, give. Why? Because you love to. It's not a strategy, it's a way of life.

the more you give, the more you have")

Bob and John mean be a giving person, period: one who gives thought, gives attention, gives care, gives focus, gives time and energy—gives value to others.

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

Amo a liberdade, por isso as coisas que amo deixo-as livres. Se voltarem é porque as conquistei, se não voltarem é porque nunca as tive

Never expect God to do for you what you don't do for others.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

Great leaders desire to serve, not to be served

The whole process at the "Inny," as it was known, imitated a grand and long-standing intellectual tradition, and nothing defined it better than the august school motto: No nobis solum set toti mundo nati—You're born not for yourself but for the whole world.

When we lose ourselves for others we ultimately find ourselves don't we? When we let go of our selfish inclinations, wel live life at a deeper, fuller level than would have ever imagined

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

A Buddha doesn't observe precepts. A Buddha doesn't do good or evil. A Buddha isn't energetic or lazy. A Buddha is someone who does nothing, someone who can't even focus his mind on a Buddha. A Buddha isn't a Buddha. Don't think about Buddhas.

As part of the Six Element Practice, for example, we may repeat the phrase, "This is not me; this is not mine; I am not this." A verse such as this is, as it were, dropped into the mind.

For human nature is strange: the less we are inclined to self-sacrifice, the more we insist on it in other