Quotes about Selflessness

If any man would save his life, he must lose it," and, "Love one another as I have loved you." It is also contained in another saying from St. Paul: "We are all members one of another.

I who am without love cannot become love unless Love identifies me with Himself. But if He sends His own Love, Himself, to act and love in me and in all that I do, then I shall be transformed, I shall discover who I am and shall possess my true identity by losing myself in Him. And that is what is called sanctity.

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

do with being a doormat or a second-class citizen, or even a slave of any kind. Instead, it seems to point to what most of Jesus' teaching points to: be kind to one another, love one another, be of service to one another, and treat others the way you want to be treated.

Being totally committed to Jesus and living to give. If you are not living to give, then you are living for yourself and cutting off the flow of God. Living to give will bring you into the place of living from your giving. Giving

She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.

He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.

Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

No person was ever honored for what he recieved. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live.

You only have what you give. It's by spending yourself that you become rich.