Quotes about Selflessness
True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Powerful people can love without being loved back.
— Danny Silk
I never look at the masses as my responsibility. I look at the individual. I can love only one person at a time. I can feed only one person at a time. Just one, one, one.
— Mother Teresa
In short, selfishness is the opposite of love.
— Tim LaHaye
Pure Christian love is not derived from the merit of the object.
— Martin Luther
Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
— Steven Pressfield
Love not only prefers the good of another to my own, but it does not even compare the two.
— Thomas Merton
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
— John Ortberg
Love can wait to give; it is lust that can't wait to get.
— Josh McDowell
It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
— Elisabeth Elliot
If we can augment our gift giving by giving more of ourselves to those we love, all the time and in various ways, we will have a good chance of helping them and ourselves live happier, better lives.
— Earl Nightingale
Love means to be willing to give until it hurts.
— Mother Teresa