Happiness Quote by E.M. Forster

“Hence you find a good deal of unselfishness in the world, but very little selflessness.”

— S.M. C

“This was exactly why they'd failed: never being satisfied with what a person had to give, always expecting so much sacrifice that you had…

— Sonya Huber

“Focus on building up others, and your own sense of self-worth will improve. Some call these random acts of human kindness. But the truth…

— Scott Hamilton

“What she was doing, what she had just done, was for her not about frivolity, it was about the essential, about being human, living…

— Mohsin Hamid

“As difficult as it might be at times, we have the ability to choose our attitude at any time for the good. When someone…

— Darlene Schacht

“To sit at a table with nourishing food in front of you and the people you love all around you yet not feel thankful…

— Kurt Michael Friese

“She didn't give a damn about some of them, but she had grown to learn that inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain,…

— Thomas Harris

“So next time your selflessness is praised in front of others, beware: making sacrifices for others makes it easier for them to sacrifice you.”

— Daniel M. Wegner

“This was the thing about life—nothing was ever perfect, and to gain one thing you often had to sacrifice another.”

— I.T. Lucas

“If you have not often felt the joy of doing a kind act, you have neglected much, and most of all yourself.”

— A. Neilen

“The selfish thing to do was to play to everyone’s needs to feel accepted. The unselfish thing to do was to be the person…

— Rene Gutteridge

“She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than…

— Jane Austen