Quotes About Selflessness

Cuando su mentalidad es dar más de lo que toma, lo fuerza a pensar más en los demás que en usted mismo.

Other times leaders have to hold their feelings in check. When I say that leaders should delay their emotions, I'm not suggesting that they deny them or bury them. The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others—not yourself—first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification.

Doing for others what they can't do for themselves is really a matter of attitude. I believe that whatever I've been given is to be shared with others. And because I have an abundance mind-set, I never worry about running out myself. The more I give away, the more I seem to get to give away.

La réussite d'un leader ne se mesure pas parmi le nombre de gens qui le sert, mais le nombre d'individus qu'il sert. Une fois que les gens sont convaincus de la nature de vos motivations et de votre intention de les faire passer avant vos propres intérêts égoïstes, ils sont fin prêts à s'associer à vous.

Usted no habrá vivido el día de hoy hasta que haya hecho algo por alguien que nunca podrá pagarle. –JOHN BUNYAN

part of the parenting process is helping children understand that they are not the center of the universe.

Albert Schweitzer wisely stated, "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." If you want to lead on the highest level, be willing to serve on the lowest. —The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader

6. Focus on Them, Not Yourself: The number one problem of inexperienced speakers and ineffective leaders is that they focus on themselves.

THE HEART OF LEADERSHIP IS BASED ON SERVING OTHERS, NOT OURSELVES.

Si se me preguntara cómo resumir el secreto de una buena comunicación, yo diría que es enfocar a los demás y no a uno mismo. Es el problema número uno de los conferenciantes sin experiencia, y también el problema número uno de los líderes ineficientes. Cualquier persona podrá conectarse más rápido con los demás cuando su enfoque no radique exclusivamente en él.

El verdadero heroísmo es notablemente sobrio, muy poco dramático. No es la urgencia de sobrepasar a los demás a cualquier costo, sino la urgencia de servir a los demás a cualquier costo». —ARTHUR ASHE

Give to others? Why? I have needs too

their success is more important to you than your success

Occasionally someone will ask me about how ego fits into the leadership equation. They'll want to know what keeps a leader from having a huge ego. I think the answer lies in each leader's pathway to leadership. If people paid their dues and gave their best in obscurity, ego is usually not a problem.

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

When you give of yourself, it benefits you, the organization, and the receiver.

perhaps the words of William King will help you. He said, "A gossip is one who talks to you about other people. A bore is one who talks to you about himself. And a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.

The bottom line is that indifference is really a form of selfishness.

Humility means knowing and using your strength for the benefit of others, on behalf of a higher purpose." —ALAN ROSS

To work together, we must have all three. Generosity: giving up resources for the whole. Humility: giving up your own importance, position, and power. Integrity: truthfulness so that others can depend on your character.

Not everyone wants to be out of the spotlight as she did. But it's important for a leader to learn to work in obscurity because it is a test of personal integrity. The key is being willing to do something because it matters, not because it will get you noticed.

I have had to let go of my need to be right and focus on the greater need to do right.

Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you.

Maturity is the ability to see and act on behalf of others. I