Quotes about Selflessness
There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.
— John Wooden
When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.
— Simon Sinek
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.
— Ben Carson
Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.
— Napoleon Hill
A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.
— Thomas Merton
If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.
— Dale Carnegie
To forget oneself is to be happy.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Tremendous happiness and peace of mind are the results of loving service to others. Nobody can live fully and happily who lives only unto himself or herself.
— Gordon Hinckley
Happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found.
— Thomas Merton
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
— Albert Schweitzer
The highest mental health is not liking myself but being joyfully interested in everything but myself.
— John Piper