Quotes About Selflessness

Ouça, Virgínia, é preciso amar o inútil. Criar pombos sem pensar em comê-los, plantar roseiras sem pensar em colher as rosas, escrever sem pensar em publicar, fazer coisas assim, sem esperar nada em troca. A distância mais curta entre dois pontos pode ser a linha reta, mas é nos caminhos curvos que se encontram as melhores coisas.

Não dá não dá ela repetia mostrando o dinheirinho que não dava embolado na mão. Mas dar mesmo até que ela deu bastante. Pra meu gosto até que ela deu demais. Uma corja de piolhentos pedindo e ela dando.

No man will find God unless he seeks after God for God's own sake, loves him for himself, and not for the gifts which he may bestow.

And the first thing that Christ says to us is this: Is that the kind of life you want to live? Is that the kind of person you want to be? Do you want to live in this world to see what you can get out of it, or do you want to live in this world to see what you can put into it?

Of self-sacrifice the Cross is the sublimest of all illustrations. It has cost God something to love.

This is what Jesus Christ came to do. Not to show how we can escape hell and get into heaven, but to show how we can escape from ourselves and become other selves; to show how we may cease to be what we are and become what we desire to be. He came that he might teach us and empower us to be the men we want to be, the men we ought to be.

This is woman's great benevolence, that she will become a martyr for beauty, so that the world may have pleasure.

What we won when all of our people united ... must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. ... Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

Only a coward would send his children to their deaths in order to save his own life.

All of us would like to believe that we could accomplish one brave, selfless act for God and for His kingdom. But it takes greater courage to faithfully accomplish the daily, thankless tasks of everyday life for Him—being a father to our children, a good husband to our wives, building His temple one laborious block at a time.

Jesus said that when we put others ahead of ourselves, the world will see God's love through us.

Love isn't a feeling; it's an attitude, it's actions. Like buying him the prayer shawl. Whether you feel anything or not, just do the loving thing.

In a letter, she wrote that nursing would need to remain a profession of quiet and unthanked service, not an endeavor where employees would expect accolades or public recognition.

SECRET #32 You don't need a thanks to know you've done the right thing.

I gradually slid into believing my quieter, less visible life could not possibly matter as much as his. What was important was to keep Bill going, make his life manageable, facilitate his ministry.

Which do I care more about - demanding my rights or displaying right choices?

I've discovered that the more love and joy I pour into others, the more I experience in my own life.

With Jesus, if we want to gain, we must give up. If we want to be filled, we must deny ourselves. If we want to truly get close to God, we'll have to distance ourselves from other things. If we want to conquer our cravings, we'll have to redirect them to God.

God made us For Giving. God made you For Giving. God made me For Giving.

God calls us to obey Him. God does not call us to obey every wish and whim of other people. God calls us to love other people. God does not call us to demand that they love us back and meet every need we have.

Our life could have been very self-focused. Our marriage. Our home. Our kids. Our plans. Our life. But God wanted so much more from us. He didn't bring us together simply to build a life that would make us happy. He brought us together to be partners in the purpose He assigned. Our own strength would not have prepared us for kingdom assignments.

Jesus didn't make healing contingent on other people doing or owning anything.

I started to ask Him to bless others and prayed this verse of abundance over them. "And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work" (2 Corinthians 9:8). I asked Him to help others succeed. "Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others" (Philippians 2:4 ESV).

this life is not about me. It's about joining hands with Jesus to fulfill whatever tasks He sets before me and to share His love with all He brings my way.