Selfless Quotes
263 quotes by 185 authors
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A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people.…
— Debi Mazar
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For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality.
— James McAvoy
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The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit…
— Danny McBride
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Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
— Tony Robbins
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Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or…
— Sivananda
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Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless - two different worlds.
— Gwen Stefani
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The profit orientation is only one orientation of a person. The same people who are interested in profit-making are also selfless. I am not saying…
— Muhammad Yunus
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I do not love; I do not love anybody except myself. That is a rather shocking thing to admit. I have none of the selfless…
— Sylvia Plath
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When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.
— Thomas S. Monson
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Just as blueprints don't necessarily specify blue buildings, selfish genes don't necessarily specify selfish organisms. As we shall see, sometimes the most selfish thing a…
— Steven Pinker
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Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.
— Julianna Baggott
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A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish because it turns…
— C.S. Lewis
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Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity.
— Knut Hamsun
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Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act…
— David Mamet
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Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe…
— N.D. Wilson
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The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to…
— Gretchen Rubin
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And still the brain continues to yearn, continues to burn, foolishly, with desire. My old man's brain is mocked by a body that still longs…
— Meg Rosoff
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True greatness, true leadership, is achieved not by reducing men to one's service but in giving oneself in selfless service to them.
— J. Oswald Sanders
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It wasn't just that Lucy wanted to help him. She wasn't as selfless as that. She was madly attracted to him. She was attracted to…
— Ann Brashares
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given the nature of the human couple, the love of a man and a woman is a priori inferior to that which can exist (at…
— Milan Kundera
Who Wrote These Selfless Quotes
185 authors contributed a total of 263 Selfless Quotes, led by these top contributors: