Quotes About Selflessness

Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

If you begin to guard wealth it will not be yours. But if you begin to distribute it, you will not lose it.

Generosity is the best investment.

If you are able to stop feeling sorry for yourself, and to contribute to the betterment of this world and of those around us, you will experience a high that is beyond my ability to express.

I want to be all used up when I die.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

People who go to work every day, make sacrifices to raise families, and get through life without hurting other people if they can help it-those are the real heros.

I've observed over and over that people seem to get a much deeper sense of fulfillment out of something they've done as an act of service than out of the things they do for themselves.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

They alone live, who live for others.

Day, the champion of the people, the one who can't bear to see those around him suffer on his behalf, who would gladly give his life for those he loves.

Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

Highly motivated achievers are looking not to receive but to contribute. They are looking for problems that are personally satisfying to solve.

Bless be the ones who serve others. They are the ones who find heaven on earth.

Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway.

Purposeful giving is not as apt to deplete one's resources; it belongs to that natural order of giving that seems to renew itself even in the act of depletion.

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.

A person all wrapped up in themselves makes for a mighty small package.

Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.