Quotes about Selflessness
Always think of passing the ball before shooting it.
— John Wooden
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.
— Billy Graham
Many people despise those who spend their health, strength and money for the salvation of others, and call them mad. And yet it is they who will save many and be saved themselves.
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.
— Mother Teresa
Spiritual strength frequently comes through selfless service.
— Thomas Monson
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?
— Brian Tracy
The man who keeps busy helping the man below him won't have time to envy the man above him.
— Henrietta Mears
We do not exist for ourselves.
— Thomas Merton
The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving.
— Mother Teresa
The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.
— Norman Vincent Peale
To love our success more than God and our neighbor hardens the heart, making us less able to feel and to sense.
— Timothy Keller
Success is about us. Significance is about others.
— John Maxwell