Quotes About Selflessness

Do not boast to anyone, ever, when you engage in the practice of your good deeds.

If you do not thoroughly exchange Your own happiness with others' suffering, You will not become a buddha. Even in samsara there will be no happiness.178

Alternatively, you can recite the following when no one is around: "May the sufferings of all sentient beings and those sufferings' causes ripen upon me, and may my own self be subdued and annihilated. May my virtues ripen on all sentient beings, and may they become endowed with happiness." From the depth of your bones, cultivate the thought "O my dear mother, my dear brother [and sister] sentient beings!

Without fanfare or ceremony, Laura Mae Corrigan began funneling all her money—an average of two thousand dollars a month—into her charity for wounded French soldiers. She would earn among those veterans the title of the "American Angel.

Women are traditionally trained to place others' needs first… their satisfaction to be in making it possible for others to use their abilities.

My father and mother had no sense of entitlement for their children.

There is nothing more noble than putting yourself in the line of fire to save a life.

There is no such thing as disappointment for those who continue to cherish the selflessness of which is born the noblest inner self. There is no such thing as failure for those who invest in the potentialities of the Ideal of the Soul.

None of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.

Do not blow your own trumpets nor, which is the same thing, ask other people to blow them. No trumpeter ever rose to be a general.

My dad was a high school coach for 30-plus years in North Carolina, and he was inducted into the North Carolina High School Coaches Hall of Fame. He's the best coach I've known, in every way, all the way around - relationships, motivation, going the extra mile, always putting his kids first and foremost.

But often times, I feel like I'm so blessed, it's not fair. That what I'm doing is not contributing to the good of the world.

What happens to each of my female heroes, certainly, is they find something bigger than themselves that they are honored to serve. It's not giving up your family.

I'm not interested in the limelight.

The billionaire who sits on his money and doesn't do anything for the common good - I'm not interested in that person.

I told Birmingham I don't want nothing, I'm not interested in the money.

I am not interested in individual glory.

I'm not interested in creating a self-aggrandizing home base for myself, for my artistic foibles and interests.

I feel like I'm always talking about myself, and I love not talking about myself.

I don't need money, and when I do a favor, I expect nothing back.

And all for love, and nothing for reward.

It's from the heart. I don't really care if people see that I do it or notice that I do it or even recognize that it's me doing it. I just do it because I feel like there's a lot of people out there that need a hand, and I try to lend a hand.

People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.

Sometimes God calls us to help and support individuals who may be flawed in their own way. But then who is perfect anyway? We just have to be obedient and follow the prompting of our spirit and expect nothing in return.