Quotes about Selflessness
He said that our sanctification does not depend as much on changing our activities as it does on doing them for God rather than for ourselves.
— Brother Lawrence
Yet grant, if it please You, that after having received them, I may return them just as You gave them to me; for You well know that it is not Your gifts that I seek and desire, but Yourself, and I can be content with nothing less.
— Brother Lawrence
Real living is living for others.
— Bruce Lee
Showing off is the fools's idea of glory.
— Bruce Lee
America needs young people to be inspired to choose sacrifice over greed.
— Jesse Jackson
Modern conveniences grant us more free time to focus on spiritual needs and devote more time to personal service. But the basic element which should never change in the lives of righteous young women is giving service to others.
— James Faust
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.
— CS Lewis
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
— Dag Hammarskjold
You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
— Confucius
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
— Cicero
Giving is true having.
— Charles Spurgeon