Quotes about Selflessness
I have zero ego.
— Ryan Fitzpatrick
The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.
— St. John Chrysostom
If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.
— Woodrow Wilson
Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences, your own bright ideas, and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
This is true joy of life-the being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a right one, instead of being a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
— George Bernard Shaw
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.
— Audrey Hepburn
The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
— Albert Schweitzer
The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.
— Publilius Syrus
Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who have need of help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
— Albert Schweitzer
Do things for others and you'll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew.
— Dale Carnegie
No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave.
— Calvin Coolidge