Quotes About Selflessness

There is nothing selfish about enjoying yourself. In fact, as wise people have long said and psychologists have since discovered, happiness makes people less self-focused and more altruistic.

Be helpful - even if there's no immediate profit in it.

In charity there is no excess.

When you live your life in alignment with a purpose that is centered on selflessly adding value for others, opportunities become abundant and your life becomes fulfilled.

Prosperity is the opposite of greedy.

Art can compel people freely, gladly, and spontaneously to sacrifice themselves in the service of man.

True giving happens when we give from our heart.

Most of us would do more for our babies than we have ever been willing to do for anyone, even ourselves.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.

Hold on to your own ideal. . . . Above all, never attempt to guide or rule others, or, as the Yankees say, "boss" others. Be the servant of all.

Power flows to those who serve.

The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself.

It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love is put in the giving.

Live a life that transcends your own!

It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

It is impossible to be both selfish and happy

He who is concerned only with the purity of his own life ruins the great human relations.

Deep thoughts about the universe mean nothing if you keep putting yourself in the centre of it.

Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something, and it is only such love that can know freedom.

You don't need a reason to add value to somebody's life. Nor do you need to get anything back from them. You add value because it's who you are.

Some of you need a lesson in humility. While your arrogance may give you a sense of power, it may serve you better to put it aside. Those are the times you will be the light of the world.

Give and receive with gratitude. Do the former, without expectation of, the latter.

It's easier to take than to give. It's nobler to give than to take. The thrill of taking lasts a day. The thrill of giving lasts a lifetime.

I do not look at myself. I have given up myself. I had to, you know, after the murder. That was what it did for me. And that was how everything began