Quotes About Selflessness

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.

If you are really great, you will let others discover this fact from your actions.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

The essential difference between the unhappy, neurotic type person and him of great joy is the difference between get and give.

There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.

...a good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask--but a great friend does it without being asked at all.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

All those who are unhappy in the world are so as a result of their desire for their own happiness. All those who are happy in the world are so as a result of their desire for the happiness of others.

The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness

All happiness comes from the desire for others to be happy.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.

All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. And all the suffering there is in this world Arises from wishing oneself to be happy.

Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.

The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.

All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy.

Even the smallest and most trivial thing can bring you happiness when you do it for another.

Happy is he who can give himself up.

Above all, I will keep an open heart. As I move on the right path I will recieve great happiness as a reward without asking for anything in return.

A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.

Whatever suffering there is in this world,all arises from desiring only myself to be happy.And whatever joy there is in this world,all arises from desiring to share my happiness with everyone.