Quotes about Selflessness

Set aside your dreams for your children and help them attain their own dreams.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

If you guide others out of the dark, you are a star, even if no one knows your name.

The greatest warriors fight not for crowns and splendor, but for love.

What you do for others today you have done for yourself tomorrow.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

It's a strange principle but it's true, nevertheless, that those who give the most have the most of whatever they give.

He was suffering from self-love, a chief cure for which is the practice of love for others.

The man who is out doing something isn't tired. If you're not getting into good causes, no wonder you're tired. You're disintegrating. You're deteriorating. You're dying on the vine. The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. You don't have time to think about yourself and get bogged down in your emotional difficulties.

When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible. ~ Norman Vincent Peale