Quotes About Selflessness

My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful

Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.

My true desire is to relieve others of their pain, though I myself may fall into hell.

All desires and egoism will have to be banished from the being.

Reciting part of a sutra with the desire to benefit others is like reciting a recipe in the hope it will prevent people from starving.

It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.

The worst reason to do magic is the desire to display your superiority to your fellow humans.

The desires of adults are not more important than the needs of children.

The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.

A desire to succeed in politics is propelled by these two seemingly contradictory forces, which frequently change places and sometimes coexist: to save others and to save oneself.

When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

My whole desire is to burn myself away.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given. And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.

No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.

My mom is the greatest mom in the whole wide world. She's done everything for me to make my dreams come true.

Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others.

For many, living a Christlike life every day may be even more difficult than laying down one's life.

The key lesson for me: Don't make this life about you. It's about other people.

To give one's life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly.

Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others, always.

Who among you will love something more than you love yourself, all right?