Quotes About Selflessness

This was all given to me, he seemed to say. My body, my face, my height, my strength. I did not ask for it, I did not make it, I did not build it. I did not fight for it. This is a gift, for which I say my daily thanks as I wash and comb my hair, a gift I do not abuse or think of again as I go through my day. I am not proud of it, nor am I humbled by it. It does not make me arrogant or vain, but neither does it make me falsely modest or meek.

No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.

Outside of a person's love, the most sacred thing that they can give is their labor." -- James Carville

Helping other people is a drug so dangerous that there is no cure short of total abstention.

There's two ways to be selfish. You can think too much about yourself, or you can think too little about others. You're selfish both ways.

Det hade jag emot Människosonen. Man ville ju inte säga det rakt ut, men man kunde inte riktigt lita på honom. Han hade liksom för många att ta hand om. Man hade hela tiden en känsla av att när det var som värst, då var det någon annan som kanske hade det värre. Och då blev man ju efterlämnad.

The great secret of morals is Love; or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought, action, or person, not our own.

Maybe you all didn't notice,but when that hospital was about to crumble with all those innocent people inside, Thom was the only one who stopped the Wrecking Balls. The only finger I feel like pointing right now is my middle one, at all of you, bunch of ungrateful wretches, if you ask me.

If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it." – LUKE 9:23-24

A selfish person will never learn the joy of giving and being a blessing to others.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I." And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't think "I." They think "we"; they think "team." They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.

True life is the understanding and support of other people, of selflessness, of charity, of kindness.

Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue.

By the way," said Tegan, suddenly very self-conscious. "Thank you." "What?" "You were prepared to give up everything for us." The Doctor just smiled and stood up. "Oh, come on!

If you want to know who the real heroes of world history are, just look at the mothers.

The fear for oneself, that one can do something about. Upon it one can turn the light of awareness. But when one is no longer worrying about oneself, then the fear comes for other people and, after that, for the world. There are no fearless people, only fearless moments.

“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”

But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his masterís servants; he did not go down to his house.

Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—