Quotes About Selflessness

Every time you feel entitled, you're making a mistake.

We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.

Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.

With my Mom and Dad, we always had everything that we needed, but not everything that we wanted. I am going to get my parents what they want, especially my Mom.

Monks are not expected to speak about themselves; the message is important, not the person.

We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun.

For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not about me and it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or what anything looks like.

I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

I love my kids more than anything. I love them more than me in some ways.

The future that I will not live to see is the one my children will live in. That's my immortality. And I shouldn't try to mortgage theirs for my benefit.

My mother gave up everything for me. In Yekaterinburg, she had a job and an apartment in the centre of the city and her whole life. And in Moscow - nothing.

I am married to the most amazing, generous and beautiful human being and it has been hard on him because from the outside if you look at it it's just all about me.

We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing.

The most important thing is you have to want to do something for somebody other than yourself.

At the end of the day in our sport, you just have to sacrifice yourself completely to put the team first. That's not easy for us because we're so competitive, but that's the most important thing when it comes to World Championships.

Being all about me is not a good thing - I don't care what 1978 tried to say - because as long as you mostly think about yourself, you're not going to be a wonderful person. You're just not.

Motherhood changes everything.

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot.

Motherhood made me a better person.

Motherhood was the first instance in my life where I was asked to sacrifice anything for anyone.

All mothers sacrifice so much for their kids. So, I think it is the job of a mother that deserves the highest salary.