Quotes About Selflessness

God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—

Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.

A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.

A manís pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

And the second is like it: ëLove your neighbor as yourself.í

The greatest among you shall be your servant.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

But they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”

But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”