Quotes about Selflessness

The more you give, the more you can give.

Life is not meaningful...unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.

Life hands us opportunities at every turn to get over ourselves, to get outside ourselves, to wake up from our own bad dreams and realize that really lovely things are happening all the time.

… The most worthy calling in life is that in which man can serve best his fellow man. … The noblest aim in life is to strive to live to make other lives better and happier.

Consider God's charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?

The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.

Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor.

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.

It is said of Pompey, that when he was to carry grain to Rome in time of dearth, he was in a great deal of danger by storms at sea, but, says he, 'We must go on; it is necessary that Rome should be relieved, but it is not necessary that we should live.

The reason most of us do not see opportunities to serve is that we are continually thinking about ourselves instead of others.

That is, humility should be as much a part of us as the clothes we wear. We wouldn't think of appearing before other people without our clothes. And we shouldn't think of appearing before other people without deliberately clothing ourselves with an attitude of humility.

If I do it you won't ever worry?' 'I won't worry about that because it's perfectly simple.' Then I'll do it. Because I don't care about me.