Quotes about Selflessness
The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
To generous souls every task is noble.
— Euripides
Sacrifice by its very nature was arrogant and impersonal; sacrifice should be eternally supercilious. Weep not for me but for thy children.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
If I'm walking down the riverbank, and a man is drowning, even if I don't know how to swim very well, I feel this urge that the right thing to do is to try to save that person. Evolution would tell me exactly the opposite: preserve your DNA. Who cares about the guy who's drowning?
— Francis Collins
Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that you have. But the one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self.
— Bede Griffiths
The world says, "Push to the front of the line!" Jesus says, "Go to the back of the line." The world says, "Brand yourself and blast your accomplishments all over social media!" Jesus says, "If you want to be great you have to first learn to serve.
— Lisa Harper
there is no limit to the amount of good that you can do so long as you do not care who gets the credit.
— Ronald Reagan
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
— Ronald Reagan
With respect to love we speak continually about perfection and the perfect person. With respect to love Christianity also speaks continually about perfection and the perfect person. Alas, but we men talk about finding the perfect person in order to love him. Christianity speaks about being the perfect person who limitlessly loves the person he sees.
— Soren Kierkegaard
The person who lives in the ethical sphere lives intentionally, intensively. Such a person possesses character and conviction, and is thus willing to sacrifice himself for something greater than oneself.
— Soren Kierkegaard
loved. For he who loved himself became great by himself, and he who loved other men became great by his selfless devotion, but he who loved God became greater than all.
— Soren Kierkegaard