Quotes about Altruism

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

Charity is the root of all good works.

I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself. I think that is how God works, and that is how I think we have to work.

Jesus has very clearly said in the gospel. "Whatever you do, do to the least of my brethren." Clear? That was the work of Jesus.

The reason why things work is because of love.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

Serve others. The failing recipe for happiness and success is to want the good of others.

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.

We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others.

Love as much as you can, for as long as you can, and as best as you can.