Quotes About Selflessness

Will you give the girl to me?" she said. "Will you let me try?" He nodded, dizzy with relief. "Please, Willo. Please. Save her. It doesn't matter...what happens to me.

Tapi ingat Saudara-Saudara, tidak ada pengorbanan yang sia-sia.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. —John 15:13

era al di sopra di tutti ma non dipendeva da lui: aveva semplicemente dimenticato di desiderare

We all need to be seen, appreciated, encouraged, validated, listened to. And whether or not we've been lucky enough to get that from other people when we needed it, we can be that person for others, which in a way allows us to be that person we needed for ourselves. When we share our time and creativity, our life and story become entwined with the lives and the stories we touch.

As they carried on along and met more people Furlong did and did not know, he found himself asking was there any point in being alive without helping one another? Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself a Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?

Because I wished for everyone to live, I did everything I could.

You must never so much think as whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it.

The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.

this is life and all there is of life; to play the game, to play the cards we get; play them uncomplainingly and play them to the end. the playing of the game is the foregetting of self and play it bravely to the end

He is not commanding us to demand our rights. The only right that love has is the right to give itself.

É possível também que já então meu tema de vida fosse a irrazoável esperança, e que eu já tivesse iniciado a minha grande obstinação: eu daria tudo que era meu por nada, mas queria que tudo me fosse dado por nada.

Só uma pessoa muito delicada pode entrar no quarto vazio onde há um espelho vazio, e com tal leveza, com tal ausência de si mesma, que a imagem não marca. Como prêmio, essa pessoa delicada terá então penetrado num dos segredos invioláveis das coisas: Vi o espelho propriamente dito.

Amor será dar de presente ao outro a própria solidão? Pois é a última coisa que se pode dar de si.

Amor será dar de presente a outro a própria solidão? Pois é a coisa mais última que se pode dar de si.

Doing things for others always pays dividends...

Para combatir con mayor eficacia el desasosiego que es tan perjudicial, San Francisco de Sales procura descubrir cuál es la causa ordinaria, por no decir única, de esta falta de paz. Es el amor propio, el buscarse a sí mismo.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

Give alms to the needy because you want to do it, not because of pity.

Love is an offering, not a souvenir or an investment for personal interests. If thou loves only thyself, then thou doesn't know the definition of the word.

There is no time limit for caring. And don't wait for anybody to look for you or ask about you if you don't have time for everything.

There are more and more people living with selflessness than those needing attention. Selflessness in their hearts, not in their minds.

It's not about you. It's about them.

Colonel Robert Sink, commanding officer of the 506th PIR, ordered me to prepare a written summary of the battle since no senior officer witnessed the engagement. I purposely avoided the use of the first personal pronoun 'I' because I wanted each soldier to receive credit for what he had done. Later Sink issued a citation to the 1st Platoon that shouldered the principal burden of the fight.