Selflessness Quotes

115 quotes by 91 authors

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. It enslaves him almost before he has tasted freedom. The 'ologies' will tell you how its done… — B.F. Skinner
I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different. — Veronica Roth
If she loved him the way she said she did, she wanted him whole. Maybe this was what love meant after all: sacrifice and selflessness.… — Melissa de la Cruz
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
The virtue involved in helping those one loves is not 'selflessness' or 'sacrifice,' but integrity. — Ayn Rand
What irritates me most about him is his natural goodness, his inborn selflessness. — Veronica Roth
I knew by the way he looked at her that he held her in a higher regard than he held even himself. No selfishness or… — Veronica Roth
Service is selflessness--the opposite of the lifestyle that we see so much of in America today. The things that entertain us don't often lift us… — Marcus Luttrell
What is needed, however, isn't just that people working together be nice to each other. It is discipline. Discipline is hard--harder than trustworthiness and skill… — Atul Gawande
I realize that the decision might be simple. It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, or a great act of courage… — Veronica Roth
Yet the definition we have made of ourselves is ourselves. To break out of it, we must make a new self. But how can the… — Robert Penn Warren
The greatest surprise of human evolution may be that the highest form of selfishness is selflessness. — Robert E. Ornstein
Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths. — Mata Amritanandamayi
I think closeness to death would be pretty exhilarating in a way, and friendship, yeh, and selflessness, a kind of selflessness, a sense of your… — Sebastian Faulks
Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves… — Billy Graham
I speak for all Malaysians in expressing my admiration for the Queen and the grace, poise and selflessness with which she has carried out her… — Najib Razak
There is no limit to the potential of brethren working together in complete brotherhood and selflessness toward spiritual goals. The power of God working through… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
The mythic journey is always about selflessness. — Chris Pine
Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment. — Gerry Adams
1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of… — Rosa DeLauro

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