Quotes about Selflessness

Do you beg to give away your resources? Are you working passionately to find ways to bless others? This is a sign of true generosity.

Jesus is not a vending machine that dispenses what we want to feel good about ourselves. He is the Holy One who comes to cleanse us, fill us, and change us. He does not do this according to our agendas. He will not serve our wayward needs. He loves us too much to merely make us happy. He comes to make us holy. There will be many occasions when he will not give us what we think we need, but rather, he will give us what he knows we need.

I don't want to see him alone. He says things that annoy me. He gives me good advice. Lord Henry smiled. People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Who are you? he said. I am the Happy Prince. Why are you weeping then? asked the swallow; you have quite drenched me.

I am covered with fine gold, said the Prince, you must take it off, leaf by leaf, and give it to my poor.

I always pass on good advice.  It is the only thing to do with it.  It is never of any use to oneself. mabel

People are fond of giving away what they need most themselves.

Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other person's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation.

Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding effects on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Every day do a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.

Let's remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude, but to give for the joy of giving.