Quotes about Altruism
Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you.
— Thomas Jefferson
Love is counting someone else's needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort.
— Timothy Keller
Only those who serve with love are able to protect!
— Pope Francis
The only love language is 'die to self.'
— Christine Caine
This is the meaning of true love, to give until it hurts.
— Mother Teresa
You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.
— St. Augustine
I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty ... This is my highest and best use as a human.
— Ben Stein
Swords don't glorify the creator-God. Love does. Self-giving love, best of all.
— NT Wright
Love is free; it does not depend on the desirability of its object, but loves for love's sake.
— Thomas Merton
The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up.
— Max Lucado
We are at our best when we are giving. In fact, we are most like God when we are giving.
— Max Lucado
Happiness happens when you give." Doing good does good for the doer.
— Max Lucado