Selfless Quotes
263 quotes by 185 authors
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Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
— Romain Gary
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To love in any way is to be like a child—it means to be vulnerable, to be wide-eyed, to be selfless. There is no such…
— Ted Dekker
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Often the answer to our prayer does not come while we’re on our knees but while we’re on our feet serving the Lord and serving…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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God has no needs. Human love, as Plato teaches us, is the child of Poverty – of want or lack; it is caused by a…
— C.S. Lewis
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We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that.…
— Veronica Roth
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It is curious that people tend to regard government as a quasi-divine, selfless, Santa Claus organization. Government was constructed neither for ability nor for the…
— Murray Rothbard
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You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life…
— Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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My beautiful soul,"he murmured and caressed my cheek."When you have the ultimate selfless sacrifice it paid my wrong.You proved to be worthy of my devotion.Of…
— Abbi Glines
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Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be." "That's not entirely true." He…
— Veronica Roth
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Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.
— Veronica Roth
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Each smallest act of kindness, reverberates across great distances and spans of time --affecting lives unknown to the one who’s generous spirit, was the source…
— Dean Koontz
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Because it is a monopoly, government brings inefficiency and stagnation to most things it runs; government agencies pursue the inflation of their budgets rather than…
— Matt Ridley
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I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.
— Veronica Roth
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Great calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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There has never been a truly selfless rebel, just hypocrites—conscious hypocrites or unconscious hypocrites, it’s all the same.
— Frank Herbert
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I must not be selfless: develop a sense of self. A solidness that can't be attacked.
— Sylvia Plath
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Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive…
— Billy Graham
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I think you are very selfless.
— Cassandra Clare
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Ryoji: It's either that she doesn't know how to lean on someone or she's simply that selfless. She won't give me a space to worry…
— Bisco Hatori
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I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.
— Veronica Roth
Who Wrote These Selfless Quotes
185 authors contributed a total of 263 Selfless Quotes, led by these top contributors: