Quotes About Selflessness

My mother's love was really not based on attachment. Her love was genuine love. To make me happy, not how I will make her happy.

Whatever the era...one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.

My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me.

A mother would never by choice sleep in a wet bed but she would gladly do so in order to spare the dry bed for her child.

I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don't know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy.

My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.

Mother Teresa, you could say many things about her, but certainly you would not say she was macho. Anything but.

My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her with it.

Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do.

The way I see it," she began, "your mother's devoted her whole life to you kids." She said "you kids" in precisely the same tone I would have used for "you infestation of cockroaches

I'd like to believe there's a little of Hitler and Napoleon in me. Even if I try, I can't be as selfless as Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa.

When you become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.

When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3, 000, 000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother's Day

My mother taught me to be honest, to be selfless, and to touch people in a positive way.

My mother told me, 'Always do your best, ' and my dad says, 'It's important to be humble. That's the key. They're not there for you. You're there for them.'

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

He who lives only unto himself withers and dies, while he who forgets himself in the service of others grows and blossoms.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

All the joy the world contains Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.

Most of us tend to suffer from 'agenda anxiety', the feeling that what we want to say to others is more important than what we think they might want to say to us.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.