Quotes About Selflessness

Happy is he who can give himself up.

Leadership is the absence of self interest

Minimize your needs and Maximize your deeds.

Love is the greatest form of loyalty, one that places happiness of the beloved over the lover.

Of course you may go first. When I am dead.

Heroes are often the quietest people in a room, the ones least willing to lay claim to the title. These men and women simply go about doing what needs to be done without any expectation of gratitude or fame. It is in their nature to protect and to shield and to fight against darkness, whatever form it may take.

Love gives far more than it ever takes. And love makes us want to give.

I'd take any pain for you.

Love, she realized at that terrible moment of truth, could be incredibly unselfish, even when it hurt until she bled.

I'd line the streets with bodies before I'd ever hurt you.

Abe wanted to grab on to that hope, use it to feed his hunger to fix the worst mistake of his life, but he knew the hope didn't belong to him. Sarah had told him to go. He had no right to challenge her decision, to fight to be allowed back in. He'd given up that right the day he'd lied to protect himself. The day he'd told her he didn't love her.

And what, exactly, am I giving as I'm learning to do this giving thing?

To stay young, To save the world, Break the mirror.

There's nothing remotely glamorous about waiting hand and foot on a fusspot like Opal, but what a pinched and useless life we'd lead if our only goal was glamour.

I think my Mama and Savannah must be special people in the Lord's eyes, as they have gone about doing generous and loving things without even a second thought. For me, it seems like the only thing that comes natural is aggravation and hard word

Who has asked you what you want for Christmas this year? Since we are asked this question from an early age, it is easy for Christmas to become all about getting rather than giving. Wouldn't a better question to ask each other be, "What are you giving for Christmas?

Give me the grace to lead the way in having an ambition to serve others out of love for you.

Sometimes we give our children the idea that the Christian life is all about what they must do for God. But at the heart of what it means to be a Christian is the willingness to accept the cleansing touch of Jesus so he can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. "The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45).

Religions—most of them, anyway—had promoted self-effacement, sacrifice, restraint.

The apostle Paul said, "I will very gladly spend and be spent for you" (2 Corinthians 12:15 KJV). That's part of what is involved in ministering to others, whether in a synagogue, a Sunday school class, or a house full of little ones.

Love is not a feeling; it is a commitment to act in the best interests of another.

Sweetheart, please don't worry about me— I want to always be a help—You know I am all yours and love you with all my heart.

God's Love does exactly the same thing. It's an unconditional giving of yourself for another with no strings attached.

The Stoics are exhorters. And at their best, they exhort us to rise to our potential through reason, cooperation, and selflessness.