Selflessness Quotes

115 quotes by 91 authors

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others… — Audrey Hepburn
I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. — Dalai Lama
Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness. — Ricky Martin
If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy! — Joyce Meyer
In twenty years I've never had a day when I didn't have to think about someone else's needs. And this means the writing has to… — Alice Munro
The true legacy of 9-11 cannot be found among political leaders of the day, but in the citizen soldiers and public safety personnel who answered… — Mike Pence
In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone… — Charles Stanley
I don't think a manager should be judged by whether he wins the pennant, but by whether he gets the most out of the twenty-five… — Chuck Tanner
I worked with Paul McCartney for a while and saw what it does to you to be treated like a god for twenty years. — Tracey Ullman
There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators. — Steven Wright
There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go… — Muhammad Yunus
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others. — Dalai Lama
A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance… — John Grogan
The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through… — Mahatma Gandhi
It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see… — Barack Obama
To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is… — Thomas Merton
After the fire, when I'd tried to express my gratitude for their kindness to our customers, they'd been awkward, uncomfortable. My father had had to… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
...there is power in self-sacrifice. — Veronica Roth
True love blooms when we care more about another person than we care about ourselves. That is Christ's great atoning example for us, and it… — Jeffrey R. Holland

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