Quotes About Selflessness

If we do not cling to riches, selfishness or greed - then I believe we are getting closer to God.

Let your constant practice be to offer yourself to God, that He may do with you what He pleases.

Even Christ pleased not Himself. He was utterly consumed in the zeal of His Father's house. As man He ever moved for God. As God He ever moved for man.

Being on a mission-not thinking about myself and focusing on serving other people-is what brought me closer to God than anything else.

God gives us things to share, God doesn't give us things to hold.

The victorious Christian neither exalts nor downgrades himself. His interests have shifted from self to Christ.

We never get so near God as when we plead for others.

God didn't just give a little for us; He gave His best. He gave Himself.

I have never imagined being or wished to be chosen as something important in the world. I have always tried to be a humble servant of God and a humble member of humanity.

Oh! it is sweet to be thus weaned from friends, and from myself, and dead to the present world, that so I may live wholly to and upon the blessed God!

But then I realize there is never going to be a day when I stand before God and He looks at me and says, 'I wish you would have kept more for yourself.' I'm confident that God will take care of me.

The best thing we can do is be a servant of God. It does good to stand up and serve others.

For all those who make such stories which are not true, I only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves.

When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.

I want to be aware of how I treat others, not thinking too highly of myself to be a servant in a culture which tries to place me on a throne that only God should sit.

Those who determine not to put self to death will never see the will of God fulfilled in their lives.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

When we are weak, then are we strong. When most empty of self, we are most full of God.

Spirituality dawns when individuality vanishes. When our ego becomes aware of something that is higher than it - the individual Spirit, or Soul; then spirituality dawns.

How utterly terrible is the current idea that Christians can serve God at their own convenience.

Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me; sanctification is God's idea of what He wants to do for me.

It is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses.

I want to be a part of the grand plan. Being on board with God's objectives means I understand that this is not about me.

Perfect joy lies in selflessly striving for the best outcome, and then humbly accepting whatever God gives.