Quotes About Selflessness

Motherhood has helped me to stop overanalyzing things. It's been liberating because I used to be somewhat neurotic. I attribute that to having something bigger than myself.

My son's the most precious thing to me; he's changed me from being selfish to selfless.

I've met so many people of my son's generation who think a sacrifice is when their satellite or Internet is out for a day and that the country owes them something. That old J.F.K. quote about 'what you can do for your country,' doesn't even seem to apply to so many people.

My mother carried me for 10 months. I asked her 'Mother, you had an extra month, why you didn't make me a beautiful face?' and mother told me, 'My son, I was busy making your beautiful hands and heart.'

If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin.

Being a songwriter, you are accepting that this isn't about you. If you do want it to be about you, you're going to be really miserable.

Children are wonderful, but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be.

There's a formula Chris and I used all the time. When you least feel like it, do something for someone else. You forget about your own situation. It gives you a purpose, as opposed being sorrowful and lonely. It makes me feel better when things are too hard for me.

I don't want my guy to buy me cars, villas or diamonds. I can do all that. I don't want any PDA, either. But my guy should be very sensitive to my pains and sorrows and should try to make me happy because I'd do all that for him. Sadly, most of the men that I have met in the past couple of years are too self-obsessed.

The kind of role I play is like an offensive lineman; doing a good job but not being noticed. I feel sorry for myself sometimes. But as long as the end result is there, I can dig it.

I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

My mother wasn't a very patient woman. If I complained about being lonely or bored, she'd tell me to go help someone, anyone. To this day, when I start feeling sorry for myself, I look for a good deed to do.

I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone.

If those people who come in to join the PSP, hoping to extract something from the party for themselves, I think even if they leave, I will not feel sorry.

I've never sought to be known or recognized by people.

Since my boyhood, I have sought always to please, but out of a kindness in me, never out of fear or respect for what was in others.

I'd sell my soul for a good cause.

When I pontificate, it sounds so, you know, Oh, well, she's preaching. I'm not preaching, but I think maybe I learned it from my animal friends. Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.

I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.

I just want to serve people. I know it sounds like a simple cliche.

There's no greater source of happiness than giving yourself to other people.

Each would treasure going to hell if it would keep the other safe!

You can have all the titles in the world but if you cannot treat others as you would yourself, you have no love to give!

You will achieve what you want to achieve, only if you can cope with the theory of altruism.