Quotes About Selflessness

Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to

How grateful I am to the Lord for giving me such a dear husband and baby. How much life means now—living for them, giving of myself to them, feeling myself needed by them. Of all hopelessly selfish people I should have been the worst had I remained single.

of another, and he who received more accordingly must not preen himself on being supplied beyond his brothers, and he that received less but enough must not grudge the extra bestowed on his brothers. And above all, no grumbling, no envy.

Theirs not to make reply,Theirs not to reason why,Theirs but to do and die.

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

There will no man do for your sake, I think,What I would have done for the least word said.I had wrung life dry for your lips to drink,Broken it up for your daily bread.

The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.

EM Forster, though, saw it a little more evenhandedly: 'when human beings love they try to get something. They also try to give something, and this double aim makes love more complicated than food or sleep. It is selfish and altruistic at the same time, and no amount of specialization in one direction quite atrophies the other.

Anyone who gives wings to another's shoulders, and then along the way gradually spreads out a hidden net, extinguishes completely the ardent charity enkindled by love precisely where it most desires to burn.

I'm giving all I am to all of this. It's for you.

O Sol nunca reclama seus raios; sua generosidade é sem fim.

Jesus' true strength was not revealed in his ability to teach and lead the multitudes. It was manifested in his willingness to make himself nothing, to suffer, and to die. I had enough strength to exhaust myself studying, mentoring, and teaching, but I did not possess sufficient strength to be nothing.

On the cross, leadership dies. On the cross, success dies. On the cross, skills die, and excellence dies. All of my strengths—nailed to the cross. All of my weaknesses—nailed to the cross. All of my yearnings for bigger and better, for anything other than Christ himself—nailed to that same cross.

You don't want modesty," Maya Angelou once said. "You want humility. Humility

Giving was better than getting

Japanese children were taught a code in school. It had three laws: (a) Do not be a burden to others; (b) Take care of others; (c) Do not expect rewards for your goodness.

And then there came into my heart a very great love for my father and I thought it was very much braver to spend a life doing what you really do not want rather than selfishly following forever your own dreams and inclinations.

Quanto a mim, antes quero que os outros fiquem com os defeitos, do que compartilhar deles.

3. Toda a moral de Jesus se resume na caridade e na humildade, isto é, nas duas virtudes contrárias ao egoísmo e ao orgulho.

La caridad y la fraternidad no se decretan con leyes; si no están en el corazón, el egoísmo las ahogará siempre; hacérselas penetrar, es obra del Espiritismo.

la pobreza es para los unos la prueba de la paciencia y de la resignación, y la riqueza es para los otros la prueba de la caridad y de la abnegación.

os princípios da verdadeira caridade, que são: a benevolência, a indulgência, a abnegação e o devotamento.

Los que temerán el confesarse discípulos de la verdad, no son dignos de ser admitidos en el reino de la verdad". Perderán el beneficio de su fe, porque es una fe egoísta que guardan para ellos mismos, pero que la ocultan por miedo de que les ocasione perjuicio en este mundo, mientras que aquellos que colocando la verdad sobre sus intereses materiales la proclaman abiertamente, trabajan al mismo tiempo para su porvenir y para el de los otros.

Jeanne's sisters thought nothing of themselves.... Helen stayed up late in Brookline, baking. Lemon squares, and brownies, pecan bars, apple cake, sandy almond cookies. Alone in her kitchen, she wrapped these offerings in waxed paper and froze them in tight-lipped containers.... Helen was the baker of the family. What she felt could not be purchased. She grieved from scratch.