Quotes About Selflessness

autêntica humildade -- um coração mais interessado na glória de Deus do que na nossa, e mais aplicado a servir aos outros do que a nós mesmos. Esta é, de fato, a postura da humildade para a qual Deus olha.

She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.

Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

Our insensitivity as self-betrayers is best described not as attending to ourselves rather than to others, but rather as attending to others for our sake rather than for their sake.

The world determines wealth and success by what you have. God determines wealth and success by what you give. Success is not about what you get but what you become. You

In the act of sacrifice the consciousness gives up its power and possessions in the interests of the unconscious.

Laughter is a divine gift to the human who is humble. A proud man cannot laugh because he must watch his dignity; he cannot give himself over to the rocking and rolling of his belly. But a poor and happy man laughs heartily because he gives no serious attention to his ego.

CHARLES SPURGEON once preached on the foolishness of pride, calling it "a groundless thing" and "a brainless thing" as well as "the maddest thing that can exist."1 But despite the sheer folly and unreasonableness of pride, it manifests its stubborn presence in countless ways within all of us. Even the disciples of Jesus weren't immune; in fact, they were prime offenders.

If you live only for yourself, you already have chosen to die. And since nothing will cure you, even though on the outside you may appear to have been born and continue living, you will die, you are already dead.

the practice of giving of your time and attention, without expectation of something in return, as a key strategy in professional advancement.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

No person was ever honored for what he recieved. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

CHRIST KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SERVE, EVEN IF DOING SO INTERRUPTED HIS PERSONAL AGENDA.

But we are wealthy, and our purses are so heavy that we cannot carry both our goods and his cross. So we cling to our wallets and leave the cross bearing to those who have less to surrender.

I've decided that it's possible to LOVE someone for entirely SELFLESS reasons, for all of their flaw and weaknesses, and still NOT succeed in having them love you back. It's sad, perhaps, but not TRAGIC, unless you dwell forever in the PURSUIT of their elusive affections.

I thought helping someone else might take me out of my own head for a while.

I've decided that it's possible to love someone for entirely selfless reasons, for all of their flaws and weaknesses, and still not succeed in having them love you back.

Our marriage is grounded in the word of God. That's really it. God is the core of our marriage, and the foundation and the blueprint for it is how we live, and being open and honest and communicating, but ultimately doing what pleases God, and not in a selfish manner.

Let us weep," Rondon would tell them, "for I loved this man who has perished for my sake. But I command you to do as he did. Never shoot." Rondon believed that his mission in protecting and pacifying the Indians was larger than his own life, larger than any of their lives. He would rather die than surrender his ideals, and he obliged his men to follow suit.

I so much despise a man who blows his own horn, that I go to the other extreme.

Healing comes only from that which leads the patient beyond himself and beyond his entanglements with ego....

Sacrifice always means the renunciation of a valuable part of oneself, and through it the sacrificer escapes being devoured.

Trebuie s? tr?ie?ti în a?a fel încât ceilal?i s?-?i regrete moartea, nu s? ?i-o doreasc?.

The moment a structure begins to promote itself, it has violated the nature of Christ and has drunk the poison of its death.