Quotes About Selflessness

If we want to find contentment, humility must be our frame of mind. If we want to be like Christ, we must take the form of a servant. We

We have no need to learn to think much of ourselves, to care for ourselves, to consider our own needs, wants, and desires. We already do that far too much. The problem is getting us to think of others, to have a lowliness of mind that springs from humility and love.

Heroes prided themselves on a thing called generosity. And what was generosity? It was the giving away of something to those that had not earned it, and it was usually done by those that had not earned it.

No sacrifice is too great for our children. Whatever we do for them comes back to us in blessings a thousandfold.

You give before you get.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.

The way I see it," Miles went on, "it's no good hiding yourself away, like Pa and lots of other people. And it's no good just thinking of your own pleasure, either. People got to do something useful if they're going to take up space in the world.

At the close of life the question will be not how much have you got, but how much have you given nor how much have you won, but how much have you done not how much have you saved, but how much have you sacrificed how much have you loved and served, not how much were you honored.

Hanajima: To truly love someone is to always put thier feelings before your own...No matter what.

But in love I gave all: my capabilities, my efforts, my feelings, my deepest emotions. Like a saint, I gave everything I had without ever counting the cost.

No love is ever wasted. Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.

Thus worshiping, serving, studying, praying, each in its own way squeezes selfishness out of us; pushes aside our preoccupations with the things of the world.

There is also a dimension of patience which links it to a special reverence for life. Patience is a willingness, in a sense, to watch the unfolding purposes of God with a sense of wonder and awe, rather than pacing up and down within the cell of our circumstance. Put another way, too much anxious opening of the oven door and the cake falls instead of rising. So it is with us. If we are always selfishly taking our temperature to see if we are happy, we will not be.

We are often actually less generous with our time than with our money.

The hardest work you and I will ever do is to put off our selfishness. It is heavy lifting!

Most omissions occur because we fail to get outside ourselves. We are so busy checking on our own temperatures that we do not notice the burning fevers of others even when we could offer them some of the needed remedies, such as encouragement, kindness, and commendation. The hands that hang down and most need to be lifted up belong to those too discouraged even to reach out anymore.

We are so busy constantly checking our own temperatures, we fail to notice the burning fevers of others.

There are few character traits that stand out in this world more than a generous heart.

That you love her as you love yourself. You recognize that she has good and bad points, just like each of us does. And that your love for her has to be equal to your love for yourself. You don't owe it to her to turn your whole life upside down to take care of her—just to make sure that she's safe, and well-cared for, that she has a roof over her head, food in her belly, and that she knows you love her.

I think," she said at last, "that being a mother is the cruellest thing in the world.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.