Quotes about Selflessness

Think of how much more rewarding it would be if we all came to work every day asking, Who can we help today and how can we do it? instead of Who can I hurt and how much coverage can I get for it?

the well-being of the other person is more important than the current comfort level in the relationship.

To love as God loves, in other words, you may have to part with whatever is most precious to you for the sake of someone else.

When Christ- followers act from a place of godly character—when they keep the big picture in mind, when they put others' needs ahead of their own, when they order lives according to kingdom priorities—things change. Big things change.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.

In order to be successful in any undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where he completely forgets himself; that is, to lose himself in a great cause. In proportion as one loses himself in this way, in the same degree does he get the highest happiness out of his work.

To love in any way is to be like a child—it means to be vulnerable, to be wide-eyed, to be selfless. There is no such thing as free love; love is the most costly expression in the world. To love romantically is to give of oneself fully and completely, a merging and meshing of souls so that the twain become a unity. It is to allow the sense of wonder to fully enrapture.

Love? You have no understanding that to love is to give, not to take.

As Paul wrote, a love that is patient, showing no jealousy or arrogance, keeping no record of wrong, not seeking its own and not provoked by another's behavior. These are the evidences of true love which flows from those who know the Father and His limitless love for them.

If someone tries to follow the narrow way and does not set aside who they think they are and what they think they need, they cannot follow.